MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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 Drive	237% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	61.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '19 at 13:47
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 726 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 131 Parallax 147 118% 141 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 135 Splatting 106 112% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 912 914 914 895 736 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,025 Write 914 Mixed 717 SusWrite 881 250% 1,134 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 58 233% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,099 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 376 364% 599 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 415GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 459 451 464 462 463 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 444 Mixed 379 SusWrite 454 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 54.2 191% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 190 143% 194 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 103GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 322 353 324 324 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 468 Mixed 446 SusWrite 334 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 63.4 220% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 129%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 112 113 113 111 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 102 Mixed 71 SusWrite 111 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 126 128 129 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 152 Write 140 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 128 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 4x16GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 26.6 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 129%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,508 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,694x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	372x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	368x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	187x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	126x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $770

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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