MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	373% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '22 at 13:45
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 677 65% 536 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 106 Parallax 98.4 81% 101 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 96 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 775GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1724 1789 1946 2095 2224 1808 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	373% Outstanding	Read 2,535 Write 2,378 Mixed 2,011 SusWrite 1,931 498% 2,214 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 95.5 306% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,386 DQ Write 1,200 DQ Mixed 1,273 959% 1,286 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 373% Great: 488%
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 500GB-$258 1,264 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 124GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 456 458 455 458 455 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 415 Mixed 315 SusWrite 456 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.1 169% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 252 216% 317 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 162 162 162 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 148 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 161 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 382GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 130 135 134 135 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 98.1 Write 100 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 131 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 145GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 85 85 87 87 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 55.8 Write 83 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 85.4 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 47% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 90%
32GB 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 25GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 84 84 80 80 67 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 104 Write 63.1 Mixed 35 SusWrite 73.3 86% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.3 86% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 34%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.1 128GB-$39 664 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 55GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 363 365 364 366 367 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 7,485 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 86%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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 i5-13600K $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 $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