MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	195% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	48.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 00:00
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 (49^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 671 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% 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)	63.6% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 70.2 67% 66.1 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 71.4 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% 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% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 559 820 644 662 874 850 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,784 Write 460 Mixed 703 SusWrite 735 202% 920 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 43.7 176% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 847 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 368 325% 504 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 195% 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 1,972 Write 911 Mixed 557 250% 1,147 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 40.4 134% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 883 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 291 285% 472 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 205GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 388 350 378 463 435 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 469 Mixed 375 SusWrite 379 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58.1 190% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 14GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 378 312 356 450 435 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 390 Write 224 Mixed 328 SusWrite 366 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 41 112% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 274 202% 267 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB-$160 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 118GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 250 248 243 217 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 396 Write 275 Mixed 303 SusWrite 231 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 36 132% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 170 153% 234 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 91%
WD Elements 25A3 2TB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 727GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 99 102 101 104 103 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 136 Write 136 Mixed 111 SusWrite 99.7 162% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 59%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 779GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 109 109 110 113 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 108 144% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.8% 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	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 172%

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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 $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