MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	82.6% 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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

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

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '19 at 15:37
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$187 286,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 210 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 387 53% 388 Pts	64-Core 386 26% 386 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$330 993,871 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 104 Parallax 96.6 82% 101 fps	MRender 86.7 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 91 72% 89.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$70 24,753 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 200 183 187 173 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 423 Write 267 Mixed 303 SusWrite 194 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 34.5 133% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 179 165% 255 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 90%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$125 615,795 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 96GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 350 321 316 319 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 451 Mixed 384 SusWrite 334 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.9 199% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 337 253% 337 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$80 126,177 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 483GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 109 109 112 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 124 Write 114 Mixed 68 SusWrite 113 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 77%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$80 126,177 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 341GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 104 107 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 110 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 107 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 198% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 904 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 140%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 92%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 78%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 84%, 515,802 samples	1,929x
Core i5-6600KIntel $187Bench 80%, 286,724 samples	502x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 88%, 484,815 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	510x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	510x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 80%, 176,561 samples	228x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	258x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	233x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $102Bench 113%, 381,099 samples	103x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	205x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	114x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 71%, 76,917 samples	91x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,093

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16