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MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	78.7% 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	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 18:52
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^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-$85 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	36.5% Below average	Memory 56 1-Core 25.5 2-Core 50.3 30% 43.9 Pts	4-Core 93.5 8-Core 134 14% 114 Pts	64-Core 129 8% 129 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2081) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 108 Parallax 161 63% 115 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 132 Splatting 112 108% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 730GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 370 283 321 378 374 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 441 Write 422 Mixed 369 SusWrite 345 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 31.3 104% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 179 135% 181 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 117%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 245GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 364 355 267 276 274 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 426 Write 397 Mixed 368 SusWrite 318 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 24.7 88% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 188 141% 188 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 104%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 185GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 262 269 265 275 276 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 398 Write 273 Mixed 294 SusWrite 268 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 17.6 75% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 172 133% 182 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 91%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 27GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 195 Write 71.5 Mixed 137 154% 134 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 13.3 4K Mixed 8.7 785% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 13.6 DQ Write 15.1 DQ Mixed 10 904% 12.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 18.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.4 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 140 29% 140 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 101%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	184x
Core i5-6600KIntel $93Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	62x
Core i7-6700Intel $160Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
RTX 3070Nvidia $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	25x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $150Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $656

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Intel Core i5-13600K $218	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350