MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	241% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 06:00
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$139 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 397 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 293 292 291 284 280 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2452 Write 1,474 Mixed 1,271 SusWrite 343 306% 1,385 MB/s	4K Read 61.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 82.4 276% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 866 DQ Write 748 DQ Mixed 802 603% 806 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,076 Write 7,126 Mixed 5,370 1,455% 6,524 MB/s	4K Read 517 4K Write 266 4K Mixed 322 1,338% 369 MB/s	DQ Read 1,560 DQ Write 1,253 DQ Mixed 1,396 1,048% 1403 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$39 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 130GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 113 110 113 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 112 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 170 173 176 173 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 139 Write 136 Mixed 64 SusWrite 171 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/8G KHX2666C16/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 25.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

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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	1,683x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	367x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16