MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.7% 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	237% 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.

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Run History

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 21:34
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 215 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 504 57% 447 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3767) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.7% Average	Lighting 54 Reflection 62.5 Parallax 50.6 44% 55.7 fps	MRender 76.7 Gravity 53.8 Splatting 69.9 55% 66.8 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 612GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1554 888 925 927 935 873 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,206 Write 2,421 Mixed 1,480 SusWrite 1017 348% 1,531 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 73 261% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,219 DQ Write 838 DQ Mixed 1,194 846% 1,084 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 284%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 117GB free Firmware: 3B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 275 287 293 296 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 435 Write 221 Mixed 227 SusWrite 287 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 25.6 103% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 130 111% 169 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 76%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 148GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 418 419 269 220 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 417 Mixed 336 SusWrite 359 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 45.4 164% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 208 177% 257 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 149 151 152 152 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 123 Write 155 Mixed 81 SusWrite 149 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 557GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 8.6 5 5.3 4.7 5.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 89%

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Typical Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 308 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	174x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	59x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	24x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	10x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16