MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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	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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 13 '21 at 15:33
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 613 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 106% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 119 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 230 239 244 251 247 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 854 Write 251 Mixed 321 SusWrite 242 91% 417 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 43.1 160% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 893 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 264 274% 469 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 211%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 295GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 388 385 380 379 379 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 389 Write 378 Mixed 359 SusWrite 383 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 29.5 96% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 182 132% 171 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 97%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 15GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 78 77 79 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 27.9 Mixed 47.4 SusWrite 77.5 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 77%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 403GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 20 22 20 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	5.56% Terrible	Read 9 Write 9 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 19.4 16% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 5.56% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.3% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 110%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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