MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	225% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '19 at 00:17
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 426 51% 395 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 71.7 62% 76 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 64.2 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 652 594 618 619 627 623 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,822 Write 1,636 Mixed 676 SusWrite 622 264% 1,189 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 58.5 230% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,020 DQ Write 980 DQ Mixed 828 669% 943 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 254%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 223GB free Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 553 633 579 585 628 633 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,148 Write 633 Mixed 461 SusWrite 602 158% 711 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 46.5 173% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 394 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 108 147% 269 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 159%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 143GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 490 491 489 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 458 Mixed 393 SusWrite 488 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.8 221% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 326 247% 332 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 444GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 73 73 73 71 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 79 Write 73.5 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 72.2 48% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 43%
Hitachi HTS541064A9E680 640GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 574GB free Firmware: JA4OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 88 89 87 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 78.7 Write 74.5 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 85.7 47% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 63% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 51%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 100 99 94 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 99.5 Write 100 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 99.1 120% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.8% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 20.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 97%

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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 $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