MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (1st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 99 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	59.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (89%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '20 at 19:32
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	89%

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PC Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35.7% Below average	Memory 59.1 1-Core 21.9 2-Core 39.3 29% 40.1 Pts	4-Core 69.3 8-Core 108 11% 88.8 Pts	64-Core 115 7% 115 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.9% Above average	Lighting 60.2 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 114 49% 81.1 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 98.5 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 230 305 297 250 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 359 Write 347 Mixed 321 SusWrite 266 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 21.1 4K Mixed 16.8 52% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 112 83% 111 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 41GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 238 314 341 317 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 353 Write 312 Mixed 300 SusWrite 260 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 25.4 77% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 138 100% 132 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 134%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 70GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 232 305 334 370 394 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 402 Write 376 Mixed 320 SusWrite 316 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 22.9 71% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 117 93% 130 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 125%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 121GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 447 615 724 901 986 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 1,086 Write 1,016 Mixed 971 SusWrite 706 212% 945 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 20.7 69% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 98.1 DQ Mixed 76.7 71% 110 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 20.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 104%

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	121x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 785 samples	12x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	6x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $697

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 $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