MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.1% 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	134% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 21:21
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (49^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 680 65% 538 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8620) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 139 Parallax 118 101% 127 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 123 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 422 556 252 239 257 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,182 Write 896 Mixed 523 SusWrite 390 166% 748 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 34 156% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 457 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 104 146% 276 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 181%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 74GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 388 386 389 390 388 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 476 Write 385 Mixed 273 SusWrite 380 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 27.9 110% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 153 126% 185 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 779GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 112 108 110 112 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 114 Write 111 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 111 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3333 C16 2x16GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) Builds (Compare 155 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	121x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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