MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.6% 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	210% 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, 3 years ago, 3 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 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '21 at 20:18
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$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)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 103 2-Core 251 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 641 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.6% 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: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 130 Parallax 115 91% 119 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 112 Splatting 97.5 86% 106 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% 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% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 586 671 330 328 328 328 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,715 Write 1,379 Mixed 488 SusWrite 429 222% 1,003 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 56.2 240% 95.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,048 DQ Write 909 DQ Mixed 758 628% 905 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 847GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 106 107 108 195 136 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 437 Write 105 Mixed 129 SusWrite 124 43% 199 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 20.1 112% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 48.4 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 215%

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 (91^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 28.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 27.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 91%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,497 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	1,688x
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 $90Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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