MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.7% 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	251% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 21 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '22 at 15:57
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 461 55% 423 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.7% Above average	Lighting 64.4 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 97 52% 75.6 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 48.5 50% 62.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-000H7 256GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS0TEXH SusWrite @10s intervals: 611 435 427 424 420 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,293 Write 2,130 Mixed 1,466 SusWrite 457 354% 1,587 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 86.4 288% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 894 DQ Mixed 1,080 774% 992 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 255%
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000H1 256GB 3,288 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 70GB free Firmware: BXW74H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1140 1125 1203 841 589 536 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,558 Write 1159 Mixed 820 SusWrite 906 248% 1,111 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 63.8 242% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,213 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 448 420% 677 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 237%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 5GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 39 41 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 197 Write 40.9 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 40.3 19% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 11.3 70% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 40.3 DQ Mixed 60 51% 77.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G4D30AETA.K8FE 859B BLT4G4D30AETA.K8FE 8502 3600 C17 Series 8502 3600 C17 Series 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 116%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,516 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,699x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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