MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '21 at 20:04
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 54.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 121 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 588 68% 531 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.4% Good	Lighting 73.7 Reflection 115 Parallax 116 60% 102 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 104 82% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 247 252 236 223 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 394 Write 422 Mixed 354 SusWrite 242 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 24.2 78% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 176 131% 173 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 39GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 287 95 76 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	70% Good	Read 442 Write 427 Mixed 380 SusWrite 170 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 31.3 109% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 174 134% 182 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 134%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 54GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 402 327 347 374 246 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 414 Mixed 343 SusWrite 350 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 48.4 122% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 172 152% 232 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 125%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 63GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,491 Write 1,340 Mixed 1,042 287% 1,291 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 38 124% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 554 319% 320 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 20.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 30.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 145 28% 145 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 87%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	121x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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