MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). 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	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '21 at 00:18
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 268 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 512 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 135 Parallax 161 88% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 104 Splatting 93 83% 103 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,479 Write 1,469 Mixed 1,241 381% 1,730 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 86.1 292% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,208 DQ Mixed 1,007 783% 1,065 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 33GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,150 Write 6,952 Mixed 7,141 1,652% 7,414 MB/s	4K Read 700 4K Write 306 4K Mixed 411 1,749% 472 MB/s	DQ Read 2,055 DQ Write 1,046 DQ Mixed 1,096 935% 1,399 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 212GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 101 114 117 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 150 Write 144 Mixed 85 SusWrite 109 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 181 182 182 183 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 166 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 181 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/8G KHX2666C16/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.7% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,676x
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 $94Bench 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: 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 $179	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