MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 06:27
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$49 342,244 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 (84^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 112 2-Core 228 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 449 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4590 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.74% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 6.72 6% 8 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 6.13 Splatting 14.6 9% 9.92 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.74% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17854 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2753 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 330 (AD) Unknown 90 90 309 (AE) Unknown 100 100 189 (B5) Unknown 100 100 24713301988068 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 82 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	61.8% Good	Read 479 Write 192 Mixed 247 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 5.72 93% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 7.78 36% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$49 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 926GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62059800 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 54 17200988807 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 657 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437518362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12020 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 77309411354 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 90911572757334 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30738154922 (F2) Unknown 100 253 567443333408	86.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 151 Mixed 154 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$49 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 703GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99895720 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5690357 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 657 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6669 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 77309411354 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91946659869771 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20987434865 (F2) Unknown 100 253 921639957667	79.2% Very good	Read 117 Write 159 Mixed 156 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.14 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 114%
TrekStor DSpocket light30 500GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 268GB free, PID 0059 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 100 Write 105 Mixed 70.8 116% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.43 62% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 952 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 20.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 108%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	180x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	61x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	25x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $397