MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	143% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 13:53
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 798 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2877 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 204 Reflection 218 Parallax 212 166% 211 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 197 Splatting 139 128% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 89 86 94 86 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 326 Write 132 Mixed 166 SusWrite 89.6 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.4 154% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 96.1 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 74.2 68% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 73%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 23GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 428 Write 396 Mixed 139 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 9.1 59% 133 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 76%
SanDisk SSD Plus 960GB-$90 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 166GB free Firmware: Z33110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 154 154 197 186 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 470 Write 426 Mixed 384 SusWrite 189 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 23.4 131% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 35.4 84% 170 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 78%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 81GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 67 68 69 64 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 90 Write 92.8 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 62.2 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3264 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 112%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

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 $182	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) $30	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