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MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	361% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

9 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	43.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '24 at 00:22
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 251 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 704 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$220 14,868 User benchmarks, average bench 86% PowerColor(148C 2413) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.1.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 139 Parallax 173 73% 134 fps	MRender 208 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 163 126% 154 fps
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 93%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT2000P3SSD8 2TB 10,674 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 969GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR30A SusWrite @10s intervals: 1987 2382 2365 2472 2473 2477 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	361% Outstanding	Read 1,956 Write 2,467 Mixed 2,055 SusWrite 2,359 500% 2,209 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 84.8 293% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,310 DQ Write 865 DQ Mixed 1,101 818% 1,092 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 361% Great: 417%
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1TB free Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 485 486 487 486 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 489 Mixed 369 SusWrite 485 102% 450 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 54.8 196% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 237 208% 312 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 48GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 31.7 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 31 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	40"	1280 720	SAM0B7C SAMSUNG

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,643 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,783x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	344x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	181x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	392x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	385x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	160x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	192x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $117Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	131x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	87x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	66x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $710

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