MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.8% 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	122% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 19:07
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 82.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 525 73% 539 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 133 Parallax 134 98% 129 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 126 Splatting 111 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 300 294 290 276 271 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 486 Mixed 455 SusWrite 295 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.6 220% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 128%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 153 154 154 154 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 150 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 154 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 450GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 107 107 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 124 Write 108 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 107 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 76%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 165GB free Firmware: 4.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 90 90 91 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 50.2 Mixed 47.4 SusWrite 90 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 142% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905665-023.A00G 04CB 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 20.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 73%

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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	1,688x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	367x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	186x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	65x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16