MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '18 at 12:29
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 624 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 147 Parallax 141 109% 140 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,966 Write 978 Mixed 793 273% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 66.9 238% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 48.4 DQ Write 849 DQ Mixed 68.6 167% 322 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 363%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 53GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 234 263 270 262 270 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 450 Mixed 374 SusWrite 263 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 54.7 197% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 58.1 122% 249 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 191GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 452 472 476 478 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 463 Mixed 386 SusWrite 457 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 58.7 207% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 282 215% 288 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 64GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 14 14 13 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 33.5 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 14.7 32% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.6 46% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 39%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 94 97 97 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 88.7 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 96.2 120% 90 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.8 236% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 114%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,474 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,671x
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 $46

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