MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	252% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 02:51
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$219 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 536 59% 466 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 691 643 645 645 638 611 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,035 Write 1,722 Mixed 832 SusWrite 646 291% 1,309 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 69.4 258% 96.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,214 DQ Write 1117 DQ Mixed 955 774% 1,095 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 292GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 472 471 472 359 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 466 Mixed 446 SusWrite 423 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.6 191% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 346 246% 311 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 159 161 161 160 162 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 121 Write 156 Mixed 84 SusWrite 162 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 322% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 107%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 874GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 141 141 141 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 126 Mixed 99.7 SusWrite 140 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 106%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,504 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,691x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	326x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	370x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	368x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	187x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	65x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16