MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	384% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 03:16
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 700 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 199 Parallax 184 151% 189 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 187 Splatting 125 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 892GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 1888 1352 1657 1668 1675 1667 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	384% Outstanding	Read 3,384 Write 2,459 Mixed 1,850 SusWrite 1,651 521% 2,336 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 75.1 274% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,536 DQ Write 1,323 DQ Mixed 1,384 1,050% 1,414 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 384% Great: 445%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 465GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 437 425 485 438 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 224 Mixed 264 SusWrite 450 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.9 211% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 251 219% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 201 207 206 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 143 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 198 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 477GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 118 118 119 117 119 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 121 Write 122 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 118 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 32.5 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 46 SC Mixed 32.8 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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