MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	15.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '19 at 18:20
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 521 56% 446 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 116 Parallax 110 97% 115 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 113 Splatting 93.8 82% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 118 130 143 142 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 426 Write 437 Mixed 296 SusWrite 153 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 38.7 138% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 315 249% 346 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 114%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 285GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 268 269 270 271 277 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 454 Write 270 Mixed 253 SusWrite 270 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 32.5 128% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 227 196% 291 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 68GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 133 136 129 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 47.5 Write 91.3 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 136 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 43% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 108%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 107 100 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 109 Write 101 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 104 72% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 100%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 968GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 108 111 108 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 109 134% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.3 110% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns

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Typical Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 309 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	175x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	59x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	24x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

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 $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