MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.4% 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	109% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '19 at 11:57
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 143 2-Core 275 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 782 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 140 Parallax 118 100% 127 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 391GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 416 428 415 405 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 435 Mixed 342 SusWrite 416 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 45.4 162% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 208 177% 258 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 26GB free Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 63 82 139 103 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 460 Write 162 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 96.3 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 19.2 64% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 53.6 DQ Mixed 41 42% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 55%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 146 146 146 147 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 45 Mixed 73 SusWrite 143 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 75%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 385GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 111 111 112 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 127 Write 127 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 111 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2720 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 28.1 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 28.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 97%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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