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MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	180% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 05:11
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$134 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 642 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000L7 256GB 10,890 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0L2QEXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 333 327 313 315 312 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,379 Write 1,303 Mixed 967 SusWrite 336 223% 996 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 66.9 222% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 959 DQ Write 600 DQ Mixed 781 582% 780 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 247%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 1,342 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 935GB free Firmware: JKAOA34E SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 105 105 104 105 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	48% Average	Read 63.6 Write 104 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 104 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD Hynix HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 16GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 13.5 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 93%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 73%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	128x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $80Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $103Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $389