MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	127% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '19 at 19:04
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 230 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 706 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 197 Parallax 195 148% 191 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 179 Splatting 129 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 380 416 421 420 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 479 Mixed 365 SusWrite 421 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.4 210% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 246 213% 316 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 315GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 429 428 482 425 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 216 Mixed 278 SusWrite 445 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58.1 208% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 246 206% 300 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 175 173 174 175 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 146 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 173 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 113%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 136 137 138 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 142 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 137 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 8,888 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 103%

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

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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	362x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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