MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	357% 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.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170104
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 763 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 153 Parallax 132 116% 143 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 499GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	357% Outstanding	Read 2,786 Write 2,481 Mixed 2,090 546% 2,453 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 59.3 226% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 596 DQ Write 543 DQ Mixed 268 284% 469 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 357% Great: 372%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 3TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 137 137 38686097892 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 780 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 817 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 817 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 236224315433 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 197 Mixed 138 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 3.38 4K Mixed 0.36 137% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 120%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 217GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 58.2 Write 55.9 Mixed 63.8 77% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 57% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,442 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 33 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32.4 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

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Gaming 87%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	122x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 785 samples	12x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	6x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $497

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	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