MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 03:04
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (27^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 227 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 681 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 81.6 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 69.1 66% 77.1 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 76.6 62% 75.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 136 141 173 161 167 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 154 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 153 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 99 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 87.3 Mixed 51 SusWrite 99.2 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 58%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 100GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 95 94 91 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 26 SusWrite 92.7 64% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 156 161 161 159 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 183 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 160 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 107%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 56GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 65 65 64 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 72 Write 59.8 Mixed 51 SusWrite 64.2 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 76%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 337GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 103 102 99 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 114 Write 96.5 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 101 73% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB 3,576 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 99%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

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 $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 $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