MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	44.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 18:02
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 502 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.2% Average	Lighting 23.6 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 167 19% 71.5 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 118 Splatting 127 93% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,057 Write 8,212 Mixed 8,041 1,813% 8,103 MB/s	4K Read 615 4K Write 305 4K Mixed 362 1,557% 427 MB/s	DQ Read 1,801 DQ Write 1,458 DQ Mixed 1634 1,222% 1,631 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 74GB free Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 197 200 218 219 218 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 389 Write 424 Mixed 340 SusWrite 233 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 39.7 146% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 171 160% 244 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 100%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 299GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2092 705 601 599 597 596 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,318 Write 1,932 Mixed 1,352 SusWrite 865 361% 1,617 MB/s	4K Read 66.4 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 90.9 306% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,688 DQ Write 1,429 DQ Mixed 1510 1,144% 1,542 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 228GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 145 Write 147 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 102 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 32.5 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 29.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

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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