MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	198% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '18 at 04:20
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 226 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 670 64% 527 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 105 Parallax 89.5 79% 97.3 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 92.4 74% 90.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 569 362 318 293 301 307 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,652 Write 1,180 Mixed 721 SusWrite 358 216% 978 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 61.8 245% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,225 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 441 415% 671 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 127GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 247 253 254 253 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 445 Write 254 Mixed 166 SusWrite 253 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 25.3 131% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 59.1 105% 211 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 85%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 142 141 142 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 150 Mixed 92 SusWrite 140 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 100%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 188 192 190 192 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 194 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 191 117% 162 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 496% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 83.5 Write 67.7 Mixed 51.3 82% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 32% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 49%
Hitachi HTS541010A9E680 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 405GB free, PID 8015 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 94 94 94 94 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.3% Below average	Read 95 Write 92.5 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 93.8 106% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 104 103 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 98.5 Write 97 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 103 119% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 21.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 103%

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Typical Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 312 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	175x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	60x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	24x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16