MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	242% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7966
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M9 ACK (MS-7966) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '22 at 01:05
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 233 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 634 62% 510 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 70GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 245 232 223 250 238 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 286 Write 343 Mixed 252 SusWrite 236 63% 279 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 39.5 122% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 153 150% 238 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 115%
WDC WDS100T2B0C 1TB 8,724 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 593GB free Firmware: 211210WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1473 820 797 792 825 810 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,547 Write 1846 Mixed 1,360 SusWrite 920 319% 1,418 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 24.2 145% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 506 340% 408 MB/s
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 269%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$60 495,311 User benchmarks, average bench 275% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1034 847 842 802 809 811 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,051 Write 1,890 Mixed 1496 SusWrite 858 352% 1,574 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 72.2 221% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 942 DQ Write 767 DQ Mixed 801 614% 837 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 346%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 881GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 90 87 85 87 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 99 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 87.5 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 100%
WD WUH 721414ALE604 14TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1TB free Firmware: LDAZ SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 134 133 139 133 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 135 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 2.1 393% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 120%
Hitachi HUH 721212ALE604 12TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 1.5TB free Firmware: LEGN SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 232 231 226 232 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 224 Write 230 Mixed 102 SusWrite 231 144% 197 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.5 327% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 131%
Seagate ST10000NM0016-1T 10TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: SNEA SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 183 182 182 183 182 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 110%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 804GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 115 116 115 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 116 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 29.6 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 106%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	124x
Core i7-7700KIntel $229Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	13x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $80Bench 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 $43Bench 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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