MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.4% 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	112% 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.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '21 at 02:02
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 630 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 139 Parallax 123 98% 128 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 128 Splatting 118 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 269 147 145 146 145 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 474 Mixed 396 SusWrite 215 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.1 204% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 102GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 459 217 158 146 129 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 464 Mixed 401 SusWrite 258 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 56.1 199% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 53GB free Firmware: 503ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 115 132 129 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 388 Write 147 Mixed 200 SusWrite 129 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 40.5 156% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 121 104% 154 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 96 97 97 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 135 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 97.7 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 287% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 4,269 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 113%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) Builds (Compare 155 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	121x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $261	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