MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150910
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 20:02
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 (94^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 463 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 107 Parallax 91.7 77% 97.7 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 97.7 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DM003-1SB10C 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 70 54 54 54 54 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 485 Write 445 Mixed 394 SusWrite 87.3 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 44.9 161% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 246 207% 300 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 91%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 647GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 977 1187 1397 1419 1466 1446 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,365 Write 1,447 Mixed 1036 SusWrite 1,315 291% 1,291 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 73.8 259% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 636 DQ Write 895 DQ Mixed 273 344% 601 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 255%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 198GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 164 138 166 167 163 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 108 Write 93.2 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 159 69% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 103%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 158GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 104 104 106 104 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 128 Write 123 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 104 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 87%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 39GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 46 33 31 33 31 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 136 Write 94.8 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 43 114% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 2.9 210% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 98%

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Typical Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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