MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.3% 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	181% 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.

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, 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 01:30
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 570 77% 574 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.6 88% 106 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 100 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 22 54 54 55 54 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,449 Write 912 Mixed 822 SusWrite 87.7 181% 818 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 83.1 293% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 875 DQ Mixed 220 280% 481 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 177 177 177 175 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 131 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 176 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 843GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 96 137 153 163 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 168 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 140 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 81%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,480 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,675x
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