MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.8% 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	77.1% 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 (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 16:15
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 589 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 104 86% 107 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 99.3 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 182 75 77 76 77 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 463 Write 434 Mixed 378 SusWrite 143 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 32.9 120% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 241 194% 274 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 55GB free Firmware: 505ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 76 76 74 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 395 Write 77.3 Mixed 130 SusWrite 76.2 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 25.9 105% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 79 DQ Mixed 75.4 61% 87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 69%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 236GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1479 1267 1256 1262 1259 1128 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,247 Write 2,126 Mixed 1555 SusWrite 1275 404% 1,801 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 66.4 225% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,038 DQ Write 899 DQ Mixed 994 738% 977 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 46GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 154 156 155 156 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 106 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 155 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 109%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 453GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 77 77 76 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 76 Write 71.8 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 76.3 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 44%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 29GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 8.8 5.9 5.9 9.3 8.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 10.3 Write 3.5 SusWrite 7.5 8% 7.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 58%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 3,454 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 536GB free, PID a00d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 42 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 42.5 51% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 44%
Samsung G3 Station 2TB 493 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 326GB free, PID 6014 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 32.3 Write 40 Mixed 35 SusWrite 42.5 53% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 118% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 4x8GB 994 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 121%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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