MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	345% 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	16GB 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 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, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160714
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 16:20
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 239 94% 163 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 593 80% 598 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 93% 113 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 1477 1813 1827 1766 1828 1831 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	345% Outstanding	Read 3,111 Write 1,823 Mixed 968 SusWrite 1757 425% 1,915 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 58.7 223% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1418 DQ Write 609 DQ Mixed 670 587% 899 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 345% Great: 332%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 135 135 134 136 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 119 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 132 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 222% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 31.7 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 103%

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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