MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.4% 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	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '21 at 09:57
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 398 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 8C9F) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 103 Parallax 106 90% 106 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 91.4 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 295 302 299 297 304 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 304 Mixed 272 SusWrite 297 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 34.8 134% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 225 200% 303 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 730GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 85 86 81 88 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 116 Write 121 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 82.6 69% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-2133 2x8GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 81%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,676x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $893

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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