MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78% 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	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 23:07
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 88.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 570 77% 574 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 107 Parallax 91.7 78% 98.3 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 95 77% 93.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 199 197 205 205 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 493 Write 172 Mixed 189 SusWrite 198 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 14.3 130% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 74.7 84% 142 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 78%
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 34GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 93 95 93 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 472 Mixed 386 SusWrite 121 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 44.1 175% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 179 179% 285 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 95%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 151 150 153 153 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 146 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 151 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 84%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 500GB 634 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 331GB free Firmware: 0938 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 93 92 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 66.3 Write 73.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 91.2 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 99% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 94%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

Battleship

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 $250Bench 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 $184	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) $35	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