MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7976
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170425
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 11 '18 at 17:27
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 88
1-Core 127
2-Core 251
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 433
8-Core 624
66% 528 Pts
64-Core 695
43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 147
Parallax 128
110% 137 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 132
Splatting 108
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kloner SSD 258GB
126GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20151204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 250 250 267 267 265 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
74.7% Very good
Read 465
Write 263
Mixed 213
SusWrite 256
66% 299 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 11.4
114% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 245
DQ Mixed 66.3
85% 148 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
81GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 105 105 105 105 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
73% Very good
Read 150
Write 113
Mixed 76.2
SusWrite 105
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
211% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 73%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.7% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 23.5
76% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 30.2
SC Mixed 22.5
67% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 69.5
58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,492 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $694
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