MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics112% 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 Drive102% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7976
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)  (all builds)
Memory7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151021
Uptime3.4 Days
Run DateAug 08 '19 at 00:03
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 89.7
1-Core 126
2-Core 239
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 416
8-Core 654
66% 535 Pts
64-Core 617
38% 617 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Lighting 150
Reflection 151
Parallax 132
122% 144 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 142
Splatting 115
101% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 112%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 305 303 307 305 288 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 463
Write 462
Mixed 379
SusWrite 319
91% 406 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 43
156% 58.6 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 256
220% 323 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 102%
Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC54
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 164 163 164 161 162 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 128
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 162
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.7% Average
MC Read 13.7
MC Write 14.1
MC Mixed 11.9
38% 13.2 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 14.2
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 40.7%
Great: 88%

 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 2,479 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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