MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150819
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 23:44
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 197 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 338 48% 354 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 22B2) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.59% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 2.19 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.09 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 1.7 1% 1.64 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.59% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23823130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 9577777075081 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1035 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 135 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 43 8592752666 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 8592752666 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23823130 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23823130 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23823130 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 59 59 47244640257 (E9) Unknown 0 0 59995 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8018 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8018 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18340 (F4) Unknown 91 91 18874656	65.9% Good	Read 472 Write 137 Mixed 157 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 17.7 114% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 36.8 52% 96.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 556GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162268784 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1726 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 256147 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 504496156 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3473 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 42949672988 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -126589866082186 (F1) Unknown 100 253 995190797 (F2) Unknown 100 253 431936016	110% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 188 Mixed 182 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 180GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 779 (03) Spinup time 182 150 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8737 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26210 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6390 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1023 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8737 (C2) HDA temperature 106 93 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 778 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	42.9% Average	Read 81.8 Write 67.5 Mixed 66.1 54% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.43 100% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 1x8GB 4,896 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 52%

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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 $279	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