MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.3% 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	119% 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.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '17 at 08:32
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 531 71% 530 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1328 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 78.7 50% 70.1 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 57.4 50% 62.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 996 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 415 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 66 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 102 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6201746135	119% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 402 Mixed 413 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51.5 194% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 129 150% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 208GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1437 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 616 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 99 146 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4313254835	120% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 415 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 52 195% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 130 150% 260 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 84GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2702835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 125112397343071 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 310 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2702835 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2702835 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2702835 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9097 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12532 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12532 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15994	58% Above average	Read 205 Write 145 Mixed 153 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 13.8 121% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 35 57% 110 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 61%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 728GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 2949176 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 118 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25789071679 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3272 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9737 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9737 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 188979478560 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.2% Good	Read 107 Write 120 Mixed 118 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.42 92% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 74%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 881GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 100 Write 104 Mixed 73.3 117% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 25.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	68x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	57x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
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: $482

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $261	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 $182	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) $30	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