MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.8% 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	95% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '19 at 20:45
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 260 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 732 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 134 Parallax 126 98% 127 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 120 Splatting 101 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 455 215 130 133 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 476 Mixed 382 SusWrite 253 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 41.2 159% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 265 202% 271 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 95%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 44GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 134 137 137 137 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 435 Write 204 Mixed 154 SusWrite 145 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 36.4 142% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 97.6 94% 146 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 648GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 102 99 103 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 143 Write 135 Mixed 70 SusWrite 101 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 184 189 189 194 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 154 Mixed 77 SusWrite 189 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 16GB 2,979 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 11GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 1.5 11 12 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 10.5 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 9.6 20% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 13.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 97%

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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 2,480 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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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