MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	96.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (52%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 23:31
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 98 1-Core 140 2-Core 224 90% 154 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 552 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% 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: 399.24 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 174 Parallax 157 134% 165 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 163 Splatting 116 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 816GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 400 451 473 474 476 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 474 Mixed 445 SusWrite 444 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 37.5 132% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 318 228% 292 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 375 393 286 242 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 472 Mixed 381 SusWrite 318 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 42.5 144% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 280 216% 293 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 182 183 182 180 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 145 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 181 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 104% 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 (77^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 30.4 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 31.9 90% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 122%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,677x
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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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