MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.8% 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 Drive	114% 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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '19 at 23:59
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 808 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 133 Parallax 114 100% 123 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 121 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 168 155 128 130 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 431 Mixed 411 SusWrite 170 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 64.7 219% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 529GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 153 153 153 155 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 132 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 151 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 114%
USB Mass Storage Device 64GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 48GB free, PID 121c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 18 18 17 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 18.4 Write 17.8 Mixed 16.8 SusWrite 17.2 24% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 3.4 191% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,674x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	365x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	361x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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