MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.8% 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	218% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '20 at 17:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 670 72% 570 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1656 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 130 Parallax 114 91% 119 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 112 Splatting 103 88% 108 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 577 616 356 266 307 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,681 Write 1,419 Mixed 625 SusWrite 405 229% 1,032 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 60.3 250% 98.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,182 DQ Write 1,104 DQ Mixed 678 636% 988 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 689 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 987GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 130 130 131 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 121 Mixed 131 SusWrite 130 155% 211 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 6.8 1,953% 12.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 167%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 32GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 28.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 26.5 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 91%

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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	1,677x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $893

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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