MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% 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	93.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '20 at 21:29
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 222 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 547 60% 475 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.8 87% 102 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 97.8 79% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$89 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 92GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 460 438 302 173 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 470 Mixed 412 SusWrite 324 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60.7 205% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 197 290 301 304 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 307 Mixed 275 SusWrite 273 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 39.4 143% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 186 166% 249 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 96%
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-551 120GB 412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 20GB free Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 311 311 315 316 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 314 Mixed 298 SusWrite 313 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 40.7 148% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 187 168% 252 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 488GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 102 102 102 101 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 99.5 Mixed 62 SusWrite 101 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 68%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 70GB free Firmware: 3.CDE SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 31 31 31 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 39 Write 36.5 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 30.6 25% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 24%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 202GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 168 169 177 176 176 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 136 Write 216 Mixed 99.7 SusWrite 174 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 427% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 107%

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 below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 106%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,485 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,677x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
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 $98Bench 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	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 $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