MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	43.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.9% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150819
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '19 at 11:16
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.2% Below average	Memory 60.8 1-Core 21.3 2-Core 39.1 30% 40.4 Pts	4-Core 75.6 8-Core 112 12% 93.9 Pts	64-Core 112 7% 112 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.9% Average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 81.5 35% 63 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 68.5 61% 75.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 308 291 252 272 238 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 435 Write 353 Mixed 311 SusWrite 276 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 24.4 81% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 145 109% 146 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 124%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 130 111 130 131 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 160 Write 116 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 126 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 100%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 3,868 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 38 34 40 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 34.7 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 37.9 47% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	121x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 785 samples	12x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	6x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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