MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 22:17
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 550 75% 555 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1167) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 76.8 80% 87.5 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 81.1 Splatting 78.1 63% 76.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 446 481 492 342 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 489 Mixed 464 SusWrite 393 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 64.7 222% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 30GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 113 139 140 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 405 Write 154 Mixed 204 SusWrite 132 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 44.6 177% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 160 122% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 50GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 117 117 117 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 118 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x16GB 10,192 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25.3 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 109%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

Battleship

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