MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	36.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 01:59
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	30.9% Below average	Memory 46.8 1-Core 25.2 2-Core 49.7 27% 40.6 Pts	4-Core 82.5 8-Core 121 13% 102 Pts	64-Core 130 8% 130 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 86GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 202 185 162 159 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 390 Write 346 Mixed 237 SusWrite 172 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 23.5 72% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 163 128% 178 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 107%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 145 53 42 28 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 423 Write 360 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 81.7 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 0.3 36% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 0.6 30% 71.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 100%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 90GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 550 546 539 515 512 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,448 Write 878 Mixed 636 SusWrite 516 193% 870 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 33.4 111% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 207 147% 186 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 283%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 159 161 164 162 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 136 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 158 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 20.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.6 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 173 23% 173 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 101%

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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%

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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