MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive121% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7976
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161214
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 19 '20 at 17:26
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 92.4
1-Core 127
2-Core 220
84% 146 Pts
4-Core 398
8-Core 672
65% 535 Pts
64-Core 643
40% 643 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 146
Parallax 127
116% 138 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 137
Splatting 109
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
337GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 346 415 421 465 435 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 478
Write 490
Mixed 404
SusWrite 402
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 51.3
199% 73.2 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 361
271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 121%
Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
405GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 136 136 135 136 135 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Read 172
Write 161
Mixed 112
SusWrite 134
107% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68% Good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 24.6
MC Mixed 19.9
67% 23.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 26.6
SC Mixed 22.1
63% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 63.2
63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 68%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,480 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $897
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