MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '19 at 21:18
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 271 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 742 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 83 79% 89 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 80 Splatting 77.9 63% 76.3 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 471 Mixed 292 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 50.2 190% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 228 196% 292 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 67GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 301 299 287 293 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 493 Mixed 400 SusWrite 312 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 66.5 232% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 150GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 125 128 130 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 102 Write 66.5 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 127 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 308GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 94 98 98 98 94 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 95 Write 82.3 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 96.5 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 42,084 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 109%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
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	362x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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