MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	300% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '17 at 03:42
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 505 66% 498 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 75.4 Parallax 65.2 66% 73.8 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 72 62% 76 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,359 Write 1,937 Mixed 1,915 461% 2,071 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 54.8 222% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 438 DQ Mixed 155 198% 354 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 353%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 358GB free Firmware: 01F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,613 Write 1,000 Mixed 1,283 288% 1,299 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 49.1 233% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 42.6 DQ Write 530 DQ Mixed 232 196% 268 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 230%
Corsair Force LX 512GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 199GB free Firmware: N0402C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 1315 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1221 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 205 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 357307 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 64499 (A5) Unknown 100 100 110 (A6) Unknown 100 100 25 (A7) Unknown 100 100 63 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 689116 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 689116 (F2) Unknown 100 100 783953	106% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 430 Mixed 463 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 37.1 152% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 79.3 114% 212 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94668872 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5169714 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 69 521601052 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 656 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 90194313244 (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 -125881196477546 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2772898111 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11445235026	70.1% Very good	Read 89.7 Write 153 Mixed 122 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.73 211% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 355GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224315392 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 937 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34534331 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 836 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 73 60 487981083 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 436 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6477 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 85899345947 (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 110711371993686 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10983003339 (F2) Unknown 100 253 110180649152	76% Very good	Read 103 Write 160 Mixed 150 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.59 183% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 35.1 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 32.8 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 136%

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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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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