MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	252% 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.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '22 at 23:54
Run Duration	336 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$163 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 645 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 70GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 241 245 245 223 231 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 292 Write 343 Mixed 299 SusWrite 237 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 41.1 134% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 148 148% 237 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 115%
WDC WDS100T2B0C 1TB 8,724 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 593GB free Firmware: 211210WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1463 814 827 827 774 789 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1547 Write 1,797 Mixed 1,331 SusWrite 916 315% 1,398 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 59.8 198% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 883 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 788 565% 733 MB/s
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 269%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 495,311 User benchmarks, average bench 275% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1032 796 799 810 795 804 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,395 Write 2,230 Mixed 1,534 SusWrite 839 391% 1,750 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 70.2 236% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 686 DQ Mixed 759 557% 729 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 346%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 881GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 87 84 81 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 109 Write 98.8 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 85.1 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 100%
WD WUH 721414ALE604 14TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1TB free Firmware: LDAZ SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 134 133 135 127 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 149 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 133 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 2.5 428% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 120%
Hitachi HUH 721212ALE604 12TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 1.5TB free Firmware: LEGN SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 233 233 227 231 234 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 223 Write 231 Mixed 103 SusWrite 232 144% 197 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.3 303% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 131%
Seagate ST10000NM0016-1T 10TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: SNEA SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 185 184 184 184 185 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 110%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 804GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 113 112 103 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 120 Write 101 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 111 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 106%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	124x
Core i7-7700KIntel $229Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $80Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 785 samples	12x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	6x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353