MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '20 at 21:58
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 686 66% 546 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 172 Parallax 172 138% 171 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 150 Splatting 115 119% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTY256HDHP-000H1 256GB 1,213 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT21H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 192 208 219 236 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 462 Mixed 307 SusWrite 221 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 55 188% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 320 252% 349 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 720GB 861 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 663GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 419 390 402 380 397 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 797 Write 574 Mixed 495 SusWrite 401 126% 567 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 36.2 145% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 565 DQ Mixed 403 297% 376 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 176%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 577GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 80 82 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 79.1 Write 80.2 Mixed 47 SusWrite 79.6 96% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 31.8 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 46.2 SC Mixed 31.3 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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

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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 $178	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