MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.3% 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	113% 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	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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '18 at 21:41
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 492 62% 472 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 107 Parallax 107 84% 105 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 93 Splatting 85 71% 86.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 440 465 470 457 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 446 Mixed 284 SusWrite 448 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.1 167% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 169 176% 290 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 102GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 457 472 480 480 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 458 Mixed 343 SusWrite 463 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 45.6 174% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 329 257% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 216GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 288 288 287 288 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 472 Mixed 383 SusWrite 295 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.9 215% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 352 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 179 195 196 190 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 145 Mixed 85 SusWrite 186 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 32.1 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 27.7 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

Battleship

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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	361x
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 $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