MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	228% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	60.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '19 at 13:26
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 699 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 131 Parallax 147 120% 142 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 136 Splatting 106 112% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 779 721 685 685 660 644 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,081 Write 870 Mixed 704 SusWrite 696 239% 1,088 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 58.5 234% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,078 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 373 359% 588 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 415GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 464 462 470 472 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 473 Mixed 376 SusWrite 463 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 54.3 193% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 189 143% 196 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 103GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 246 238 232 227 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 474 Mixed 440 SusWrite 265 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 63 220% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 129%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 110 113 113 112 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 111 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 127 129 129 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 142 Write 135 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 128 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%
Kingston DT Mini Slim 4GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 160f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 10 10 10 10 10 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 7.8 Mixed 9 SusWrite 10.2 14% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 4x16GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.8 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 129%

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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	1,688x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	367x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	186x
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 $45Bench 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: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16