MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 16:24
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

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 i5-6600K-$120 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 275 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 496 53% 424 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 81.7 68% 82.9 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 65.4 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung HD103SI 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 302GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1081 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 274 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 616245157	128% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 497 Mixed 506 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 57 198% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 153 170% 289 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 883GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45727896 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 828 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 184741827027 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3094 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 470286364 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13541 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 34359738396 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -61035780240422 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19754191017 (F2) Unknown 100 253 204480604127	92% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 151 Mixed 145 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB 2,922 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 17.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 94%

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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 245 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	71x
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	58x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
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	13x
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 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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