MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '17 at 05:50
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 607 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 84.1 54% 73.6 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 57.3 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 245 100 1269 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 380 (A6) Unknown 100 100 63 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 114 (A9) Unknown 100 100 12 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 98 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 201863462949 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10055 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5693 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5096	64.2% Good	Read 493 Write 205 Mixed 289 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 3.95 88% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 23.8 61% 126 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 78%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$284 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 228 100 7600 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 156 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	87% Excellent	Read 132 Write 171 Mixed 129 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.88 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.34 124% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 433GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 172 1908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 382 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 376 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 363 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 8	77.8% Very good	Read 176 Write 95.1 Mixed 145 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x4GB 2,944 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 97%

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

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

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 $94Bench 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 $39Bench 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 $290	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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16