MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	141% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '19 at 10:39
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 778 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 76.8 66% 79.2 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 75.4 61% 74.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 739 771 779 783 630 631 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 994 Write 892 Mixed 515 SusWrite 722 175% 781 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 48.9 172% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 158 96% 101 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 332%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 113GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 192 208 205 127 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 484 Write 458 Mixed 264 SusWrite 184 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 37.7 127% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 84.2 87% 133 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 101GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 429 437 399 342 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 442 Write 469 Mixed 309 SusWrite 369 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 39 121% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 103 102% 152 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 26.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.5 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 111%

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

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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	1,677x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
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	363x
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 $98Bench 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	84x
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 $269	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 $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 $40	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