MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics115% 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 Drive166% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7966
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)  (all builds)
Memory28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170104
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 20 '18 at 21:15
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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 way above expectations (99th percentile)
92% Outstanding
Memory 90.9
1-Core 127
2-Core 254
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 503
8-Core 709
76% 606 Pts
64-Core 686
42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Lighting 155
Reflection 156
Parallax 134
126% 148 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 147
Splatting 115
103% 127 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 115%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 748 950 956 577 576 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
166% Outstanding
Read 1203
Write 917
Mixed 531
SusWrite 773
191% 856 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 46.8
182% 66.1 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 107
145% 266 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 166%
Great: 181%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261
74GB free
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 387 389 387 387 388 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Read 496
Write 196
Mixed 266
SusWrite 382
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 75.1
4K Mixed 29
112% 42.5 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 105
DQ Mixed 155
126% 185 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49
779GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 113 112 109 108 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
64.3% Good
Read 113
Write 112
Mixed 83
SusWrite 111
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 64.3%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3333 C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.9% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 23.6
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 30.5
SC Mixed 23
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) Builds (Compare 155 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $697
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HDDRAMUSB
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