MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	206% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '19 at 08:51
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 616 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4200-$820 7,330 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Nvidia(10DE 1096) ≥ 4GB CLim: 888 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 34.7 21% 29.1 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 27.3 26% 32.3 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 877 709 800 855 789 804 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,631 Write 1,217 Mixed 626 SusWrite 806 238% 1,070 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.5 182% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,267 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 442 420% 686 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 500GB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 452GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 336 426 494 489 335 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 491 Mixed 461 SusWrite 414 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 66.3 229% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 118%
Intel SSDSC2BW48 480GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 272GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 163 181 201 194 193 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 461 Write 262 Mixed 246 SusWrite 188 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 18.7 68% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 106 92% 140 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 831GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 34 38 42 42 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 39 Write 39.8 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 39.1 51% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 1,092 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 125%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) Builds (Compare 155 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	121x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 785 samples	12x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	6x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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