MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '20 at 21:37
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$130 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 460 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E305) 2GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 52 0% 32.4 fps	MRender 49.4 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 34.8 33% 41.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 202 172 146 119 167 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 445 Write 262 Mixed 178 SusWrite 172 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 19.1 91% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 45.8 DQ Mixed 56.6 50% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 107%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 95GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 76 78 83 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 71.6 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 77.8 47% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G4D26AFEA.8FADG 2x4GB 396 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 26.1 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 22.9 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 241 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	69x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	58x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	37x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	20x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
MX300 525GBCrucial $150Bench 86%, 105,037 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	10x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16