MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 11:01
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 231 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 682 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.2 49% 59.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 447 453 462 459 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 475 Mixed 370 SusWrite 454 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 48.8 181% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 350 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 176GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,316 Write 8075 Mixed 8,204 1,833% 8,198 MB/s	4K Read 702 4K Write 360 4K Mixed 464 1,849% 509 MB/s	DQ Read 1,711 DQ Write 1,315 DQ Mixed 1,378 1,067% 1468 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Transcend TS1TMTE220S 1TB 3,368 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 617GB free Firmware: 42A0S63A SusWrite @10s intervals: 1932 2012 2012 2011 1993 1033 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	383% Outstanding	Read 2,711 Write 2,017 Mixed 154 SusWrite 1,832 373% 1,679 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 222 4K Mixed 97 342% 128 MB/s	DQ Read 1,280 DQ Write 1,260 DQ Mixed 588 629% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 167% ↑ This bench: 383% Great: 359%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 186 187 183 185 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 148 Mixed 80 SusWrite 184 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 27.3 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 26.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 105%

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Gaming 86%

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

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