MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	114% 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 18:00
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 241 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 690 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 137 Parallax 128 104% 131 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 133 Splatting 115 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 322 134 130 115 102 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 430 Mixed 341 SusWrite 188 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63 212% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 155 152 154 154 155 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 159 Write 158 Mixed 102 SusWrite 153 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB 2,922 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 47: 7R 2G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
47%	26%	58	292	208	144	23.5"	1920 1080	MSI1462 Optix MAG24C

History: Score 32: 2R 5G 7B | Score 47: 7R 2G 6B

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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	1,684x
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	368x
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 $81Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16