MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	51.3% 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	124% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '18 at 16:11
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	29.5% Poor	Memory 44.9 1-Core 25.1 2-Core 47.4 26% 39.1 Pts	4-Core 78.1 8-Core 120 12% 99.1 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 112 38% 74.4 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 90.7 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 764 772 780 782 776 780 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 806 Write 860 Mixed 520 SusWrite 776 167% 740 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 30.9 106% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 252 190% 255 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 230%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 298 51 45 44 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 381 Write 394 Mixed 305 SusWrite 128 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 30.2 94% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 175 144% 206 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 126%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 34GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 260 260 259 261 259 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 896 Write 242 Mixed 169 SusWrite 259 85% 391 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 27.5 4K Mixed 13.1 56% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 66.6 70% 116 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 133%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 156 150 151 157 147 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 146 Write 137 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 151 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 290% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 19.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.4 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 181 22% 181 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,676x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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