MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.7% 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	90.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 13:12
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 745 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 115 Reflection 123 Parallax 115 94% 118 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 0.04 50% 69.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 480GB 322 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 168 90 150 78 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 725 Write 376 Mixed 140 SusWrite 134 75% 344 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 13.4 130% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 563 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 164 175% 301 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 148%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 593GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 180 177 176 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 179 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 177 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 121 122 123 122 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	78% Very good	Read 151 Write 127 Mixed 87.3 SusWrite 121 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 103%
Leef Supra 64GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 56GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 39 40 42 41 30 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 111 Write 14 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 36.3 47% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.1 102% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,935 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 32.8 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 32 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	171x

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 $94Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	65x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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