MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.3% 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	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '18 at 15:59
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 way below expectations (10^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 215 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 577 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 56.8 Parallax 76.3 120% 93.4 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 49.2 Splatting 64.7 51% 61.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 211 194 183 167 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 388 Write 254 Mixed 274 SusWrite 188 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 30.4 113% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 177 160% 246 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 93GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 365 315 315 315 315 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 434 Mixed 418 SusWrite 338 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 48.7 158% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 129%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 212GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 105 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 106 Write 103 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 106 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 114GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 95 94 95 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 84 SusWrite 94.5 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 87%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 190GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 105 104 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 104 123% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 17.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 96%

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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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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 $242Bench 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 $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 $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 $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) $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