MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	90.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '21 at 19:17
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 206 84% 143 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 618 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 117 Parallax 104 82% 107 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 94.2 80% 98 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: X212T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 343 353 304 354 342 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 429 Mixed 275 SusWrite 342 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 35.3 132% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 105 118% 194 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 67GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 403 409 423 455 451 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 458 Mixed 353 SusWrite 419 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 45.2 160% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 145 137% 209 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 103GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 200 174 205 198 207 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 319 Write 227 Mixed 303 SusWrite 199 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 21.6 74% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 89.9 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 68.2 55% 78.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 65%
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB 17,076 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 716GB free Firmware: 03.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 82 84 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 18.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 82.6 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 4.3 877% 5.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 59%
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB 17,076 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 818GB free Firmware: 03.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 88 87 90 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 80.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 87.3 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 59%
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB 17,076 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 825GB free Firmware: 03.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 88 85 87 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 89 Mixed 52 SusWrite 86.1 60% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 17 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 108%

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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 $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	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