MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	119% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 22:30
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 709 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 195 Parallax 179 149% 185 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 181 Splatting 119 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 929GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 463 475 486 490 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 486 Mixed 462 SusWrite 477 109% 484 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 60.5 210% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 351 168 132 128 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 482 Mixed 400 SusWrite 225 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 65.6 223% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 180 181 191 196 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 148 Mixed 84 SusWrite 185 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 29.8 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 31.9 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 122%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,676x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $893

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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