MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.3% 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 Drive	260% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150921
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '22 at 16:08
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 495 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 120 Parallax 106 83% 109 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 101 Splatting 94.4 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 798GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 972 1526 1639 1681 1703 1709 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 1,085 Write 1,677 Mixed 1,252 SusWrite 1,538 315% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 79.3 282% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 712 DQ Write 889 DQ Mixed 886 645% 829 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 299%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 223GB free Firmware: UF2204RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 190 127 135 132 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 441 Write 388 Mixed 303 SusWrite 157 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 16.2 82% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 31.1 45% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 56%
Seagate ST500LM001-1EL162 500GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 197GB free Firmware: SM73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 69 69 68 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 84.3 Write 65.9 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 69 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.9 356% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 171 181 183 174 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 126 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 176 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.1 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 104%

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Gaming 86%

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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