MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 12 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	43 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	Mar 25 '23 at 17:12
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 724 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 134 Parallax 122 101% 127 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 129 Splatting 113 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT2000P3SSD8 2TB 10,674 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 660GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR30A SusWrite @10s intervals: 2179 2355 2349 2450 2463 2460 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	361% Outstanding	Read 1,914 Write 2,483 Mixed 2,159 SusWrite 2,376 506% 2,233 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 83.3 292% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,343 DQ Write 863 DQ Mixed 1,129 835% 1,112 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 361% Great: 417%
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 654GB free Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 455 402 477 482 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 479 Mixed 357 SusWrite 459 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 53.8 186% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 213 196% 301 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 029E CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 48GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 32.8 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 30.5 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% 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	1,677x
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 $177	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