MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.7% 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	99.3% 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.

Run History

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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '21 at 15:03
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 721 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 8C9F) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3601 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 113 Parallax 116 96% 115 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 106 Splatting 99.3 92% 114 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 306 269 237 305 305 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 310 Mixed 298 SusWrite 277 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 40.7 155% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 251 213% 313 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 730GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 108 108 105 108 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 87.9 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 107 63% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-2133 2x8GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2720 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 27.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 28.4 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 81%

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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