MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	125% 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 00:16
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 762 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2877 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 125% 148 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 148 Splatting 117 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: AAHA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 260 254 305 229 196 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 883 Write 224 Mixed 390 SusWrite 238 95% 434 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 50.1 193% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 414 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 298 242% 345 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 193%
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 105GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 72 65 66 71 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 510 Write 450 Mixed 423 SusWrite 85.3 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 32.2 162% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 45.2 101% 203 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 170 171 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 140 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 170 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 37GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 65 67 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 73.5 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 65.9 86% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M4B3000C15 029E CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 29.8 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 29 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 106%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,501 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,690x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	368x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	186x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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