MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	242% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '18 at 16:26
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 736 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 1989) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Lighting 86.8 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 80 71% 85.7 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 71.5 63% 78 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1138 1033 1045 1005 985 970 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,986 Write 1,149 Mixed 826 SusWrite 1,029 277% 1,247 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 60 224% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 989 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 472 408% 620 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 283%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 135 134 136 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 116 Write 100 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 136 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 98%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 461GB free Firmware: 3.AFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 73 72 72 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 73.7 Write 71.2 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 72.7 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$102 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 31.8 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 31.3 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

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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	1,681x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16