MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

1 month ago, 2 days ago, 2 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '22 at 21:46
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$280 592,963 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 218 83% 141 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 536 56% 436 Pts	64-Core 611 41% 611 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 108,371 User benchmarks, average bench 60% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 107 65% 85.5 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 54.4 70% 70.6 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 67%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 751,699 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 211GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 481 478 443 407 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 466 Mixed 435 SusWrite 427 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.7 200% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 130%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$60 342,868 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 610GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 85 86 73 84 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 66.1 Write 75.7 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 82.3 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 58,145 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 76: 8R 6G 18B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
76%	46%	70	282	219	144	24"	1920 1080	AUS24A3 MG248

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $280Bench 82%, 592,963 samples	3,412x
Core i5-6600KIntel $195Bench 79%, 374,836 samples	798x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 86%, 623,615 samples	362x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 106%, 1,005,992 samples	865x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,277,123 samples	814x
GTX 970Nvidia $125Bench 50%, 794,147 samples	383x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 759,910 samples	445x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 900,642 samples	347x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 113%, 629,713 samples	145x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 82%, 566,942 samples	315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 86%, 616,718 samples	205x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 71%, 104,616 samples	142x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,070

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $269	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $155	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $378	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $449	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16