MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% 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	75.9% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 07:38
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 86% 146 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 426 59% 429 Pts	64-Core 436 29% 436 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 92% 114 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 103 81% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$70 24,753 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 222 177 184 188 178 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 426 Write 270 Mixed 307 SusWrite 193 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 29.1 112% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 162 156% 247 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 90%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$125 647,981 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 95GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 421 465 479 428 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 444 Mixed 360 SusWrite 401 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57.2 192% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 362 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$80 126,177 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 483GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 97 92 100 104 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 19.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 97.7 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 77%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$80 126,177 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 341GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 24 72 95 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 19.7 Write 33.8 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 53 24% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 133% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 20.9% 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 @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 32.9 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 29.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 140%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 84%, 515,802 samples	1,935x
Core i5-6600KIntel $187Bench 80%, 286,724 samples	505x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 505,701 samples	197x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	511x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 816,196 samples	510x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 80%, 176,561 samples	228x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 647,981 samples	260x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	235x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $108Bench 114%, 370,329 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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Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	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) $38	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