MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.2% 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 Drive203% 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.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7976
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)  (all builds)
Memory59 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160121
Uptime2 Days
Run DateJul 15 '19 at 14:36
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User PRY-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 94.9
1-Core 130
2-Core 246
89% 157 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 695
67% 552 Pts
64-Core 697
43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28
Performing below potential (74th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.2% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 108
Parallax 101
85% 105 fps
MRender 92.2
Gravity 96.5
Splatting 90.8
76% 93.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 440 506 510 501 495 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
203% Outstanding
Read 2,023
Write 826
Mixed 610
SusWrite 490
216% 988 MB/s
4K Read 47.7
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 53.4
211% 77.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,020
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 371
342% 549 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 203%
Great: 243%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75
993GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 169 167 170 170 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
68.9% Good
Read 70.5
Write 136
Mixed 29.2
SusWrite 168
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2
367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 68.9%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB-$530
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
MC Read 34.2
MC Write 37.8
MC Mixed 31.3
98% 34.4 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 41.4
SC Mixed 30.4
88% 30.9 GB/s
Latency 57.3
70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 147%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,474 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $912
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