MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '21 at 04:15
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 757 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 122 Parallax 107 88% 112 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.6 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 422 368 203 104 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 450 Mixed 433 SusWrite 280 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 54.2 181% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 275 229% 331 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 118GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 467 472 473 473 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 478 Mixed 357 SusWrite 468 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 45.5 170% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 332 258% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 119%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 71GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 192 66 63 64 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 460 Mixed 441 SusWrite 151 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 57.6 196% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 484GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 119 118 118 118 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 163 Write 157 Mixed 107 SusWrite 118 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 083A 1TB 1,797 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 62GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 96 96 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 91.4 Write 92.2 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 95.7 113% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

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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: 6R 4G 5B (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%	22%	68	327	262	30	84.6"	2194 1234	SAM0FA5 SAMSUNG

History: Score 17: 2R 2G 1B | Score 47: 6R 4G 5B

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,479 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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
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	361x
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 $179	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