MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% 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

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 21:52
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 258 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 796 86% 684 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3780) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2311 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 75.2 68% 81.1 fps	MRender 84.4 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 77 65% 79.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS1TSSD230S 1TB 1,078 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 638GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2200S8LI SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 442 478 480 479 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 473 Mixed 407 SusWrite 451 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 58.2 202% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 287 236% 338 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 432GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 133 133 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 132 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30BET4K.C8FD 2x8GB 2,605 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3060 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 27.9 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 30.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 106%

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

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

Battleship

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 $245Bench 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 $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 $48Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16