MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 35.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	78.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '22 at 15:34
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35.1% Below average	Memory 56.2 1-Core 14.2 2-Core 47.2 27% 39.2 Pts	4-Core 77.5 8-Core 120 12% 98.6 Pts	64-Core 135 8% 135 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 124 Parallax 152 65% 119 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 144 Splatting 122 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XTi 240GB-$149 846 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 276 319 286 285 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 438 Write 337 Mixed 228 SusWrite 284 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 22 77% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 167 128% 174 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 191 189 188 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 139 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 188 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 18.9 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 139 29% 139 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,677x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $893

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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