MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	49% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '22 at 20:34
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	29.4% Poor	Memory 43.7 1-Core 19.1 2-Core 42.2 24% 35 Pts	4-Core 83.1 8-Core 132 13% 108 Pts	64-Core 134 8% 134 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (60 fps cap detected)	49% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 60 Parallax 60 49% 60 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 60 Splatting 60 49% 60 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 162 92 83 89 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 407 Write 393 Mixed 324 SusWrite 143 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 26.6 90% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 121 116% 184 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 192GB free Firmware: 3E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 101 100 101 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 85.3 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 99.4 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 58%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 371GB free Firmware: AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 52.2 Write 48.9 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 93.4 47% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 67%
USB Disk 3.0 64GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 28GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 31 31 23 33 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 98.3 Write 59.7 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 29.9 57% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.6 106% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 20.8 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.1 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 186 22% 186 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 91%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,697x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	372x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	369x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	187x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	126x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	65x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $770

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16