MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	221% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 27 '20 at 21:45
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 237 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 732 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 980 748 741 748 747 596 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,117 Write 1,061 Mixed 918 SusWrite 760 217% 964 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 73.7 261% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,083 DQ Write 1,153 DQ Mixed 1,081 823% 1,106 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 228%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 555GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 104 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.5 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 105 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 123% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 220GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 96 96 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 138 Write 101 Mixed 103 SusWrite 96.2 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 79%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.9 5.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	5.4% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 13.3 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 5.4 14% 12 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 2.5 102% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.4% Great: 17%
Seagate Backup+ BK 500GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 416GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 103 103 103 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 103 Write 97.2 Mixed 57 SusWrite 102 120% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.7 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 27.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 108%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	361x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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