MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive85.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7966
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)  (all builds)
Memory5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151021
Uptime5.5 Days
Run DateDec 18 '19 at 03:31
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$163
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 90.5
1-Core 124
2-Core 242
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 422
8-Core 575
63% 498 Pts
64-Core 658
41% 658 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 119
Parallax 106
91% 112 fps
MRender 97.6
Gravity 103
Splatting 86
77% 95.4 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFZ12.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 275 175 74 6 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Read 505
Write 481
Mixed 368
SusWrite 131
83% 371 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 90.3
4K Mixed 35.4
137% 51.5 MB/s
DQ Read 345
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 194
187% 293 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 101%
Netac MobileDataStar 240GB
200GB free
Firmware: 1509
SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 328 368 364 356 356 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
67.2% Good
Read 373
Write 363
Mixed 326
SusWrite 341
79% 351 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 36.6
4K Mixed 21.3
79% 26.5 MB/s
DQ Read 165
DQ Write 160
DQ Mixed 49.9
68% 125 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 67.2%
Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 199 200 199 197 197 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 125
Mixed 89
SusWrite 197
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 110%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.8% Good
MC Read 25.7
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 20
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 22
SC Mixed 20.2
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 66.5
60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) Builds (Compare 157 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 115% - Outstanding Total price: $486
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