MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.4% 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	129% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	56.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '21 at 19:16
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 736 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 114 Parallax 101 80% 105 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 89.7 78% 95.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 884GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 450 466 470 471 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 429 Mixed 397 SusWrite 443 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.5 208% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 132%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 228GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 453 467 471 472 447 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 426 Mixed 370 SusWrite 440 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 63.6 214% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 225GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 451 466 469 471 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 456 Mixed 406 SusWrite 443 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.5 198% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 351 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 971 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 33.6 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 32.1 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 156%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	144	27"	1280 720	MSI3FA7 MSI MAG271CQR

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Gaming 86%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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