MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics106% 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 Drive43.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemMSI MS-7976
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)  (all builds)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20180628
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 07 '19 at 00:05
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Memory 94.6
1-Core 142
2-Core 280
96% 172 Pts
4-Core 467
8-Core 782
76% 625 Pts
64-Core 775
48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 149
Parallax 142
115% 144 fps
MRender 102
Gravity 132
Splatting 111
94% 115 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 106%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Ct240bx5 0 240GB
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M6C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 59 76 76 76 76 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
43.3% Average
Read 500
Write 395
Mixed 398
SusWrite 120
79% 353 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 7
4K Mixed 0.5
60% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 43.3%
Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
931GB free
Firmware: 05.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 126 126 127 127 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
76.4% Very good
Read 140
Write 133
Mixed 112
SusWrite 126
95% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
84.5% Excellent
MC Read 30.8
MC Write 31.6
MC Mixed 25.8
84% 29.4 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 34.3
SC Mixed 27.7
79% 27.5 GB/s
Latency 58.1
69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 98%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,489 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $697
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