MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '17 at 03:38
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	32% Below average	Memory 48.4 1-Core 24.6 2-Core 49 27% 40.7 Pts	4-Core 85.4 8-Core 139 14% 112 Pts	64-Core 143 9% 143 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.9% Good	Lighting 51.9 Reflection 65.9 Parallax 144 42% 87.3 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 372GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,710 Write 1,419 Mixed 1,530 346% 1,553 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 34 116% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 76.1 DQ Mixed 21.2 34% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$117 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5054 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 621 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6946038760	79.6% Very good	Read 507 Write 482 Mixed 509 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 19.8 90% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 93 DQ Mixed 19.1 27% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 480GB-$85 712 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 178GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3834624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 83648783076771 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (0D) Soft read error rate 50 50 90198612017920 (64) Unknown 0 0 42287 (AA) Unknown 0 0 15744 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 68 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 49 77312622620 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 77312622620 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3834624 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 -137438953472000 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3834624 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3834624 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 61 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23403 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10023 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10023 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10248	54.2% Above average	Read 493 Write 259 Mixed 304 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 11.1 60% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 21.4 DQ Mixed 11 12% 19.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,584 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 19.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 167 24% 167 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 119%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	175x
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	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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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