MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 17:51
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 97 2-Core 202 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 434 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 74.9 67% 80.4 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 73 Splatting 65.5 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 500 Write 391 Mixed 374 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 23.1 121% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 106 91% 127 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 788GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 189 Mixed 169 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.38 147% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 110%

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

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,480 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16