MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	635% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 22:33
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 715 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 127 110% 136 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	635% Outstanding	Read 5,306 Write 15.6 Mixed 31.4 370% 1,784 MB/s	4K Read 1,056 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.98 1,602% 353 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 635% Great: 283%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54613696 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 877 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4671625 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1010 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1769500 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2255 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 77309411361 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129660767698065 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4902411492 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76845044510	66.9% Good	Read 107 Write 125 Mixed 85.2 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 4.78 4K Mixed 0.6 175% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 120%

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Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	121x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $43Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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