MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	158% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '19 at 04:07
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 198 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 568 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 151 Parallax 128 113% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 440 473 506 493 471 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1376 Write 983 Mixed 679 SusWrite 493 196% 883 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 45.8 165% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 691 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 486 365% 497 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 220%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 46GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,823 Write 810 Mixed 631 237% 1,088 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 51.3 192% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 819 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 474 374% 533 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4.5TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 197 207 208 208 203 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 135 138 138 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 164 Write 110 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 137 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 8GB 2,885 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 4.2 3.9 4 3.9 3.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 10 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 4.1 18% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.1 203% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 4,792 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 106%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,474 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $182	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) $30	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