MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.1% 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	298% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '18 at 02:36
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 730 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 109 Parallax 90.8 79% 98.9 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 99.6 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1952 818 608 607 608 606 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2406 Write 2,314 Mixed 1,317 SusWrite 866 385% 1,726 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 84.6 284% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,457 DQ Write 1,273 DQ Mixed 1,365 1,023% 1,365 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 340%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 27GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 88 93 95 92 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 154 Write 113 Mixed 133 SusWrite 89.5 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 31.3 139% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 98.1 81% 117 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 61%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 237GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 915 912 916 918 914 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,010 Write 922 Mixed 890 SusWrite 915 262% 1,184 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 56.8 231% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,047 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 397 369% 591 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 243%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 27GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 87 86 96 95 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 169 Write 111 Mixed 134 SusWrite 94.3 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 32.3 140% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 123 92% 124 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 172GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 80 80 81 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 87.5 Write 71.5 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 80.3 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 67%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 106 105 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 98 Write 91.7 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 106 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 31.3 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 33 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 43.6 92% 43.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 128%

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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