MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	247% 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 02:10
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Celeron G3900-$25 6,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 185 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 183 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 56.8 36% 49.7 fps	MRender 46.9 Gravity 43.9 Splatting 33.2 33% 41.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1323 1386 1390 1389 1374 1156 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,979 Write 1,441 Mixed 843 SusWrite 1,336 312% 1,400 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 54.9 206% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 648 DQ Write 407 DQ Mixed 463 362% 506 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 283%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 233GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 131 131 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 130 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 131 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 70%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 233GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 134 132 135 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 131 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 134 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 70%
MD4000GSA6472E 4TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 158 156 156 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 165 Mixed 72 SusWrite 156 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 34 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 24.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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