MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.05% 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	98.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 14:26
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 552 74% 553 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7970) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.05% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.57 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.05% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW010X6 1TB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 198 217 131 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 479 Mixed 398 SusWrite 186 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 48.7 176% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 224 193% 284 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 99%
Crucial_CT250MX200SSD1 480GB 447GB free Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 92 79 80 79 80 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 498 Write 449 Mixed 398 SusWrite 143 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 53.1 188% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 239 200% 288 MB/s

WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 958GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 105 105 105 104 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 56 SusWrite 104 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 144 144 145 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 126 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 144 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 29.3 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 27.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 110%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $90Bench 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: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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