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MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	259% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '24 at 18:02
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$130 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 71.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 191 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 573 56% 459 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$90 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 566.03 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 20.8 Reflection 18.3 Parallax 20.6 17% 19.9 fps	MRender 24.6 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$118 327,441 User benchmarks, average bench 385% 713GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1559 1653 1665 1682 1721 1553 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,924 Write 1,676 Mixed 1,787 SusWrite 1,639 396% 1,756 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 56.4 181% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 685 DQ Write 455 DQ Mixed 502 393% 547 MB/s
Poor: 266% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 477%
Plextor M6V 128GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 117GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 174 174 174 174 175 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 431 Write 175 Mixed 227 SusWrite 173 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 35 121% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 170 146% 217 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 90%
WD WD30NPRZ-00YRMT0 3TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 95 101 74 1.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 110 Write 99.9 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 72.7 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$34 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 79%

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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	212	58	60	25"	1280 720	DELD072 DELL U2515H

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,641 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	1,781x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	344x
Core i7-7700KIntel $166Bench 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 $116Bench 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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Total price: $710

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