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MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

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Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	103% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '22 at 16:38
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$166 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 188 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 399 48% 367 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 134 Parallax 135 104% 132 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 131 Splatting 113 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 206 183 176 175 174 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 471 Mixed 366 SusWrite 193 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 53.5 180% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$30 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 748GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 177 172 172 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 164 Mixed 72 SusWrite 167 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.6 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,641 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,781x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	344x
Core i7-7700KIntel $166Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	181x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	392x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	385x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	160x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	192x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	131x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	87x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	66x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $710

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