MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics95.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7976
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
DisplayΧρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180628
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 20 '19 at 12:21
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.2% Outstanding
Memory 94.6
1-Core 132
2-Core 262
91% 163 Pts
4-Core 503
8-Core 524
68% 514 Pts
64-Core 490
30% 490 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 91.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.3% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 98.3
Parallax 191
95% 135 fps
MRender 98
Gravity 109
Splatting 137
96% 115 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 541ABBF0
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 397
Write 302
Mixed 245
70% 315 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 41
157% 60.4 MB/s
DQ Read 224
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 219
162% 214 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128
148GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 69 69 69 69 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
54.3% Above average
Read 120
Write 110
Mixed 97.3
SusWrite 68.8
74% 99 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.8
174% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 54.3%
Great: 74%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power4G 4GB
4GB free, PID 3e00
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 4 4 4.9 4.9 4.9 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
4.61% Terrible
Read 17
Write 7.5
Mixed 15.5
SusWrite 4.2
14% 11.1 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 4.61%
Great: 6%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
MC Read 33.3
MC Write 36.1
MC Mixed 30
95% 33.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.8
SC Write 37.2
SC Mixed 27.8
81% 28.3 GB/s
Latency 58.1
69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,480 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $897
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