MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	92.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 14:31
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 500 48% 398 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 141 Parallax 124 115% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 103 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 164 178 176 118 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 436 Mixed 393 SusWrite 189 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 46.6 152% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 244 204% 292 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 95%
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 208GB free Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 324 323 328 324 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 478 Write 319 Mixed 209 SusWrite 322 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 15.8 120% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 87.2 105% 179 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 176 176 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 183 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 174 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x16GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 26 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 21.6 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 102%

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $184	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) $35	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