MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	33.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '19 at 03:22
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 580 64% 504 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 193 Parallax 174 144% 181 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 175 Splatting 121 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$68 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 49 33 54 44 43 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.2% Below average	Read 265 Write 64.7 Mixed 53 SusWrite 49.2 23% 108 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 18.5 59% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 18.3 DQ Write 29.5 DQ Mixed 15.1 14% 21 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 118%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 500GB 1,345 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 180GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.2% Very poor	Read 41.7 Write 41.8 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 42 9% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 12.4 42% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 26.7 DQ Mixed 14.7 14% 20.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 101%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 347GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1067 1390 588 584 582 580 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,906 Write 1,705 Mixed 834 SusWrite 799 292% 1,311 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 63.3 232% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 747 DQ Write 1,213 DQ Mixed 525 526% 828 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 254%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 869GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 176 176 176 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 85 Mixed 72 SusWrite 176 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 8GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 7GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.1 4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	4.03% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 0.7 Mixed 2.8 SusWrite 4 6% 6.43 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.03% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 4x8GB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 20.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 98%

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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	1,690x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	170x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	368x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	186x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	65x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16