MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '21 at 01:39
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 751 73% 601 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 147 Parallax 132 102% 135 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 139 Splatting 123 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,279 Write 1,762 Mixed 841 358% 1,627 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 66.9 234% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,316 DQ Write 1,156 DQ Mixed 1,115 869% 1,196 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 111 110 106 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 278 Write 152 Mixed 190 SusWrite 111 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 43 167% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 119 94% 129 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 73%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 86GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 120 125 124 126 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 410 Write 143 Mixed 189 SusWrite 121 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 40.3 168% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 155 114% 150 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 80%
UGB88RAA480HMX 480GB 19GB free Firmware: 3.2.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 187 149 156 178 141 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.5% Good	Read 393 Write 256 Mixed 241 SusWrite 168 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 26.2 91% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 95.6 DQ Mixed 136 108% 155 MB/s

Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$96 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 119GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 444 446 448 448 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 443 Mixed 291 SusWrite 446 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 48 182% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 296 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 119%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 118 121 118 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 117 Write 121 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 119 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 30.9 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 31.5 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

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Gaming 86%

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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	1,671x
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