MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	213% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). 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	16.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	24.5 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 22:54
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 226 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 686 66% 545 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1595 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 68.5 62% 73.7 fps	MRender 83.9 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 62 58% 72.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 792 546 545 543 544 537 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,881 Write 1,616 Mixed 681 SusWrite 584 264% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 59.2 197% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,045 DQ Write 804 DQ Mixed 827 645% 892 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 210GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 436 422 425 398 412 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 480 Mixed 401 SusWrite 424 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 57.8 195% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 358GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 372 375 369 374 377 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Read 403 Write 390 Mixed 355 SusWrite 373 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 29.1 94% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 87.5 84% 131 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 2,213 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 277GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 125 121 127 124 129 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 118 Write 105 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 125 70% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 183% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 105%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 112 110 113 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 106 Write 74 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 110 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 67%
Kindle Internal Storage 7GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 6GB free, PID 0324 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 13 12 13 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 21 Write 18 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 13 25% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 2.4 456% 6.37 MB/s	DQ Read 8.8 DQ Write 9.4 DQ Mixed 9.1 662% 9.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 4x8GB 994 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.4 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 121%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,679x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $743

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16