MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	273% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160714
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '16 at 18:37
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 201 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 401 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% PNY(196E 097A) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5354 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.1% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 39.1 26% 34.7 fps	MRender 46.5 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 33.5 29% 36.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 440GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,748 Write 1,862 Mixed 2,208 504% 2,273 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 26.9 158% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.3 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 27.8 35% 61 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 332%
Verbatim STORE N GO 4GB 2,873 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 0304 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 14.2 Write 5.13 Mixed 7.17 10% 8.84 MB/s	4K Read 3.68 41% 3.68 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FADG 4x8GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 28.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 89%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,480 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

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	322x
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 $300	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