MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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.
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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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 Drive	203% 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '21 at 02:09
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 213 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 520 57% 449 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 138 Parallax 229 106% 166 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 129 Splatting 96 91% 114 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 770GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1060 1176 1248 607 504 503 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,363 Write 1,410 Mixed 860 SusWrite 850 252% 1,121 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57.8 199% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 677 DQ Write 896 DQ Mixed 267 346% 613 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 295%
WD Green 480GB (2018)-$69 25,452 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 160GB free Firmware: UG450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 26 140 72 132 130 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 435 Write 346 Mixed 301 SusWrite 121 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 14.3 54% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 42.1 47% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 60%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 58GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 429 439 454 459 461 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 437 Mixed 345 SusWrite 439 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 46.9 138% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 347 265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 250GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free Firmware: 0204 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 397 Write 389 Mixed 350 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 27.7 89% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 175 129% 169 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 84%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 58GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 199 201 201 203 201 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 126 Write 135 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 201 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.9 369% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 136%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 48GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 9.8 9.7 14 11 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Read 9.2 Write 10.8 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 13.7 10% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 20.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 117%

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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	1,670x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	359x
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 $76Bench 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 $273	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 $185	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