MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '20 at 01:12
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 238 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 646 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 3860) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 137 Parallax 138 121% 141 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 126 Splatting 103 108% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 303 303 304 304 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 472 Mixed 282 SusWrite 306 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 51.4 175% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 194 179% 276 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 231GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 208 191 191 198 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 474 Mixed 340 SusWrite 241 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 52.8 190% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 254 208% 297 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 772GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 124 125 126 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 105 SusWrite 125 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 28.8 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 31.3 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $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	64x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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