MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.7% 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	124% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 17:36
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 255 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 729 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

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: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 124 Parallax 104 96% 115 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 107 Splatting 109 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 466 466 467 471 458 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 467 Mixed 378 SusWrite 464 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 57.8 194% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Corsair Voyager GTX 128GB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 119GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 118 72 74 72 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 349 Write 319 Mixed 276 SusWrite 105 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 22.9 84% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 137 106% 144 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 539GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 184 187 185 185 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 160 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 186 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 711GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 148 149 150 148 151 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 149 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 29.8 106% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 33.6 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 45.6 88% 45.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 123%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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 $94Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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