MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97% 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	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150728
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 10:28
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 258 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 725 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8673) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3725 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 111 Parallax 126 97% 119 fps	MRender 161 Gravity 115 Splatting 92.1 97% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 128 130 107 69 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 492 Write 94.9 Mixed 128 SusWrite 104 44% 205 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 34.5 144% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 77.8 DQ Mixed 113 113% 191 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 115%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 163GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 474 476 485 485 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 482 Mixed 442 SusWrite 479 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 69.2 231% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 360 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 459GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 178 181 175 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 114 Write 88.4 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 178 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,474 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
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 $76Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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