MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	231% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 14:55
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 186 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 577 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.1% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 73.8 64% 81.3 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 79 Splatting 101 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 697GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1077 1104 1070 1154 1144 1141 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,577 Write 1,518 Mixed 877 SusWrite 1115 285% 1,272 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 52.5 187% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 1,044 DQ Write 865 DQ Mixed 915 696% 941 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 302%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 234GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 918 918 920 921 922 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,797 Write 914 Mixed 753 SusWrite 919 243% 1,096 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 46.5 178% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 1074 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 378 363% 592 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 243%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 273GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 55 Write 59.5 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 60.2 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 43%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 440GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 26.7 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 27.7 24% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 19 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 88%

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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