MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	115% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 22:45
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 246 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 736 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 193 Parallax 192 146% 188 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 176 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 289 292 279 279 280 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 472 Mixed 359 SusWrite 303 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.9 198% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 29GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 458 247 213 143 108 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 485 Mixed 403 SusWrite 272 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 61.7 205% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDT721032SLA380 320GB 4,331 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 250GB free Firmware: ST2OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 100 100 68 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 96.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 95 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$35 843 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.1 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

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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	1,678x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	364x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $767

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16