MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	285% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '21 at 18:52
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 201 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 613 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 142 Parallax 139 117% 142 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 143 Splatting 96.9 93% 115 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Wd_black SN750 2TB 4,264 User benchmarks, average bench 268% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 112000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1955 1700 1499 1502 1511 1513 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 1,942 Write 2,152 Mixed 1727 SusWrite 1,614 419% 1,859 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 65.5 227% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 1,087 DQ Write 635 DQ Mixed 809 616% 844 MB/s
Poor: 190% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 347%
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 744GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 468 199 293 282 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 467 Mixed 359 SusWrite 331 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 39.8 149% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 185 175% 275 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 103%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 316 318 320 319 319 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 463 Mixed 412 SusWrite 333 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.7 209% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 332 250% 335 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 24.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 98%

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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 $90Bench 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