MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	44.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.9% 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '16 at 12:17
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (20^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Memory 50.6 1-Core 25.4 2-Core 51.3 28% 42.4 Pts	4-Core 97.5 8-Core 140 15% 119 Pts	64-Core 141 9% 141 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.1% Average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 61.2 Parallax 66.1 41% 59.2 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 52.6 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2214 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 505 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8524881408	87.9% Excellent	Read 506 Write 482 Mixed 510 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 33 104% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 58.9 62% 101 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 612GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1587 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1554 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 127 Mixed 113 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.29 121% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 103GB free Firmware: 1AA01110 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 15 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8230 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5156 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 348 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 32806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4973 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 31 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3257 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 454754331 (C2) HDA temperature 72 56 471531548 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 99258 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.1% Average	Read 72.5 Write 80.7 Mixed 101 64% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 2x8GB 2,071 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 22.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.2 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 159 25% 159 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 99%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,674x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	365x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	361x
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 $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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