MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	247% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '21 at 23:31
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 490 58% 450 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 181 Parallax 171 132% 171 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 168 Splatting 119 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1066 1280 579 579 579 577 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,950 Write 1,498 Mixed 740 SusWrite 777 276% 1,241 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 60 235% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 1,100 DQ Write 1,156 DQ Mixed 822 703% 1,026 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 295 280 260 231 217 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 489 Mixed 411 SusWrite 270 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 64.1 220% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 302GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 107 106 107 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 103 Write 77 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 106 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 61%
Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 64GB-$47 392 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 53GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 16 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 42.7 Write 23.4 Mixed 15 SusWrite 20 30% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 15% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 60%

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 (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.4% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.2 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.2 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,490 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	1,682x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16