MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '21 at 21:32
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 (94^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 233 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 652 59% 497 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2843) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24% Poor	Lighting 32.5 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 43.2 26% 35.4 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 0.3 19% 26.8 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
3 120GB SSD 120GB 3,381 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 70 48 31 28 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 432 Write 350 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 74.5 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 1 37% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 77.9 DQ Write 44.3 DQ Mixed 14.2 23% 45.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 91%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 15GB free Firmware: 10.02E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 46 47 48 45 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 60.5 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 47.5 38% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 35%
SB X-Fi Go! 1GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 0% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.42% Terrible	Read 0.7 Write 0.5 Mixed 0.5 SusWrite 0.7 1% 0.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.42% Great: 0%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 29.7 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 27.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 105%

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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