MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% 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	78.9% 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

13 months ago, 1 month ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '24 at 19:10
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 221 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 619 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 86% 105 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 94.2 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 163 154 152 152 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 484 Write 428 Mixed 336 SusWrite 160 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 33.7 113% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 342 253% 334 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 124%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 380GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 419 406 448 448 448 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 466 Mixed 373 SusWrite 414 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 38.3 131% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 298 230% 310 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 137%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 713GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 164 160 163 165 165 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 172 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 160 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	11	214	59	120	24"	1280 720	ACR02F9 GN246HL

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $686

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) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16