MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89% 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	111% 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

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	15 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '23 at 06:59
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 488 58% 450 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2319 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 123 Parallax 112 88% 115 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 109 Splatting 109 90% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 275 261 262 261 255 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 471 Mixed 373 SusWrite 280 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 53.6 193% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 254 216% 318 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
Axiom C560 Series SSD 256GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 0GB free Firmware: O0821D SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 292 292 292 293 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 280 Mixed 271 SusWrite 289 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 41 157% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 181 162% 243 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 94%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 0GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 121 108 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 179 Write 129 Mixed 143 SusWrite 103 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 31.7 144% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 128 96% 129 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 61%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 0GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 189 187 178 169 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 313 Write 211 Mixed 225 SusWrite 181 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 41.3 160% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 151 124% 176 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 85%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 0GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 103 104 102 103 101 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 125 Write 116 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 102 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 88%
Seagate Backup+ BK 500GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 0GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 93 86 91 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 90.6 122% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2761 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 29.1 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 19.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 105%

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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	1,679x
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	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $681

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16