MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	293% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	61.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '19 at 22:55
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 603 67% 527 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 47.4 Parallax 42.2 40% 46.4 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 42 Splatting 38.3 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 467GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 2044 2027 1600 829 699 702 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,945 Write 1,663 Mixed 1,070 SusWrite 1,317 387% 1,749 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 48.7 172% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,071 DQ Write 808 DQ Mixed 783 628% 887 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 372%
Marvell Raid VD 2TB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 1.5TB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 717 712 715 729 725 727 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 684 Write 689 Mixed 642 SusWrite 721 154% 684 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 42.9 142% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 382 286% 379 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 132%
Marvell Raid VD 2TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1TB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 652 651 558 348 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 676 Write 622 Mixed 452 SusWrite 409 121% 540 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 34.1 112% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 264 214% 299 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 4x16GB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 120%

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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	1,677x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $893

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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