MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 17:27
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 533 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Lighting 86.3 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 82.6 70% 83.5 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 78.6 65% 79.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 470 Write 235 Mixed 295 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 25 128% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 51.2 79% 149 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 164 Mixed 151 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG 859B BLS8G4D240FSA.16FBD 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 30.9 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.8 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 96%

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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 241 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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	69x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	58x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	37x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	20x
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	12x
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 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16