MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	255% 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.

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Run History

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 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 15:20
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 194 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 533 54% 439 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 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	69.4% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 90.9 Parallax 74 64% 81.3 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 79 Splatting 102 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 69.4% 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: 1338 1229 1227 1233 1211 1187 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,731 Write 1,710 Mixed 880 SusWrite 1,237 312% 1,390 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 55.3 214% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,084 DQ Write 954 DQ Mixed 962 737% 1,000 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 255% 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: 914 917 912 913 910 911 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,859 Write 922 Mixed 706 SusWrite 913 244% 1,100 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 53 212% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 375 362% 594 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 243%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 273GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 57 61 60 60 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 59.7 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 59 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.4% 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 (16^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 48 Write 26.2 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 27.6 24% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.7% 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 23.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,487 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,679x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $681

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16