MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.4% 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	175% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 736 70% 581 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 66.8 55% 67.2 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 53.3 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,888 Write 1,094 Mixed 1,142 303% 1,375 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 18.6 98% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 17 33% 62.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 25GB free Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 113868172965279 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2310 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 460 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 60 1009321246742 (C2) HDA temperature 22 60 1009321246742 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24240 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23231 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23231 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22162	33.9% Below average	Read 171 Write 89.7 Mixed 98.6 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 11.7 59% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 27.4 38% 71.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 12668520 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19698408 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 642 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 72 4295036923 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 37 1800113422367 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24683 (C2) HDA temperature 31 63 51539607583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 91 926068 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 108886010890354 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11499487037 (F2) Unknown 100 253 283711976316	57.9% Above average	Read 117 Write 85 Mixed 91.5 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.15 68% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 383GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 181472647 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4042 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22817882 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1548 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 13 3615 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 555745313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4051 (C2) HDA temperature 33 12 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 1 181472647 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 18558 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 92663919414032 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18109574176 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15141105705	81% Excellent	Read 151 Write 132 Mixed 120 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 112%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 152GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1994 (03) Spinup time 190 186 3466 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7501 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6639 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2886 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 648550 (C2) HDA temperature 114 81 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 62 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 62 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 32	40.7% Average	Read 65.4 Write 76.2 Mixed 69.8 53% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.26 65% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 54%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 512GB-$233 91 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 469GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 249 Write 185 Mixed 174 247% 203 MB/s	4K Read 3.29 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.62 59% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL14-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 23.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 94%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	69x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $482

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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