MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive226% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7976
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)  (all builds)
Memory26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160722
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 17 '17 at 12:00
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 25%
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 PC Performing below expectations (29th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Memory 88
1-Core 104
2-Core 192
75% 128 Pts
4-Core 333
8-Core 529
53% 431 Pts
64-Core 525
32% 525 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 135
Parallax 118
105% 128 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 128
Splatting 103
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 100%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210
505GB free
Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 523
Write 498
Mixed 514
114% 512 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 88.8
4K Mixed 33
146% 53.1 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 176
150% 223 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 106%
Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249
307GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
226% Outstanding
Read 2,064
Write 1,037
Mixed 1,363
328% 1,488 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 58.9
219% 81.6 MB/s
DQ Read 394
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 142
143% 237 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 226%
Great: 363%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
70.1% Very good
MC Read 24
MC Write 27.5
MC Mixed 22.9
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 20.9
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 69.6
58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,474 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $912
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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