MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7976
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)  (all builds)
Memory4.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161017
Uptime2.2 Days
Run DateMar 24 '19 at 22:44
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 34%
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 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
71.4% Very good
Memory 82.4
1-Core 96.6
2-Core 189
71% 123 Pts
4-Core 326
8-Core 484
50% 405 Pts
64-Core 478
30% 478 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 71.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 141
Parallax 122
106% 131 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 129
Splatting 104
93% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 600GB
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 359 353 345 316 284 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
77.9% Very good
Read 384
Write 522
Mixed 405
SusWrite 333
93% 411 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 53.7
4K Mixed 24.5
93% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 210
DQ Write 414
DQ Mixed 317
239% 314 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 170%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67% Good
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 26.4
MC Mixed 22.2
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 21.1
SC Mixed 20
52% 18.3 GB/s
Latency 76.2
52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 67%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,473 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $912
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