MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	204% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (19%). 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	55.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 12:02
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 687 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 82.3 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 77.5 67% 80 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 74 Splatting 76.1 61% 74.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 447 437 394 440 440 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,988 Write 768 Mixed 608 SusWrite 443 208% 952 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 55 221% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,087 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 373 354% 577 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 243%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 28GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,001 Write 905 Mixed 712 263% 1,206 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 48.8 198% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1084 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 371 360% 593 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 117GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 465 472 478 482 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 477 Mixed 388 SusWrite 460 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.9 218% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 77GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 465 481 478 470 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 473 Mixed 358 SusWrite 477 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 61.3 211% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB-$160 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 105GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 218 101 102 103 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 417 Write 272 Mixed 290 SusWrite 148 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43.7 162% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 176 154% 231 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 91%
WD Elements 25A3 2TB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 637GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 114 116 116 116 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 89.5 Write 88.4 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 114 128% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 105% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 59%
ST2000DM 006-2DM164 2TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 652GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 155 154 151 154 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 156 Write 112 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 152 163% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 70%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 155 159 160 158 160 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 158 Write 153 Mixed 121 SusWrite 159 200% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 172%

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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