MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	20.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '16 at 02:44
Run Duration	350 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 68.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 508 55% 435 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.5 76% 99.3 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 90.9 67% 80.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 752GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1061 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 207 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28364225676	99% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 398 Mixed 413 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 35.7 159% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.6 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 119 100% 139 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 133%
Asmt 2115 500GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 466GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	12.3% Very poor	Read 41.7 Write 42.1 Mixed 42 9% 41.9 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 0.08 26% 8.72 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 26.4 DQ Mixed 0.001 7% 18.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 76%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 196GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	15.2% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 38.7 Mixed 41.7 9% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 7.35 34% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 26.4 DQ Mixed 8.89 11% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 75%
WDC WD20 03FYPS-27Y2B0 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 109 Write 97.6 Mixed 95.2 127% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.36 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%
ST1000DM 003-1CH162 1TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 689GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 181 Write 196 Mixed 158 230% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.3 59% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	33% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 10.5 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 6.7 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 105%

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

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Gaming 87%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	121x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 785 samples	12x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	6x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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