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MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '22 at 07:30
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 680 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 130 Parallax 121 99% 124 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 122 Splatting 107 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,820 Write 1,449 Mixed 612 285% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 64 241% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,245 DQ Write 1,015 DQ Mixed 963 766% 1,074 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 188GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 101 97 111 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 93.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 102 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 31.8 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 31 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) Builds (Compare 162 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	128x
Core i7-7700KIntel $166Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $80Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $103Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	15x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	8x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 116% - Outstanding

Total price: $465

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