MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 28.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 01:42
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.9% Poor	Memory 45.3 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 41.2 25% 36.7 Pts	4-Core 69.5 8-Core 105 11% 87.2 Pts	64-Core 119 7% 119 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 28.9% 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 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.6% Good	Lighting 48.6 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 183 40% 98.2 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 173 Splatting 122 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 158 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A5) Unknown 100 100 193279164493 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 49 219043332138 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 107374444569 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 69 (EA) Unknown 100 100 729 (F1) Unknown 253 253 363 (F2) Unknown 253 253 232 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	44.8% Average	Read 464 Write 196 Mixed 229 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 4.11 38% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 93.5 DQ Write 66.9 DQ Mixed 3.11 23% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 170 983 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3063 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1901 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 119940 (C2) HDA temperature 118 92 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	47.3% Average	Read 89.8 Write 74.7 Mixed 90 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 718GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143663064 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 765 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61283609 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 589 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10721 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 68719476770 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -133663677215893 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34645853807 (F2) Unknown 100 253 499021130186	81.8% Excellent	Read 126 Write 158 Mixed 108 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.14 4K Mixed 0.57 189% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 19.8 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 179 22% 179 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 112%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	121x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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