MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	291% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '20 at 14:30
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (97^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 245 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 758 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 103 Parallax 112 90% 108 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 76.2 80% 102 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 629 629 639 633 616 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,536 Write 2,136 Mixed 1,684 SusWrite 676 392% 1,758 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 83.8 287% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,460 DQ Write 1231 DQ Mixed 1,306 989% 1,332 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 111 111 99 88 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 488 Mixed 399 SusWrite 142 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 68.2 232% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 477GB free Firmware: S0118C SusWrite @10s intervals: 1827 1808 1807 1795 865 516 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	354% Outstanding	Read 2,521 Write 1,940 Mixed 1,446 SusWrite 1,436 410% 1,836 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 100 332% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,407 DQ Write 1,381 DQ Mixed 573 656% 1,120 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 354% Great: 318%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 591GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 109 Write 73.7 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 100 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 2,735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 26 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 28 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 99%

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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