MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.3% 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	206% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '16 at 01:32
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 758 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 35.2 Reflection 33 Parallax 40 29% 36.1 fps	MRender 43.7 Gravity 32.1 Splatting 36.7 31% 37.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 28%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7976) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4360 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.4% Terrible	Lighting 5.67 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 8.22 5% 7.46 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 16.8 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 57GB free Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 1 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 144 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1973 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 146 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 146 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 60132425757 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 55769 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18798 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19507 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 57003	92.6% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 301 Mixed 370 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 26.3 135% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 77.7 122% 233 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 95%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,615 Write 849 Mixed 1,085 261% 1,183 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 53.3 232% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 582 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 30.3 134% 307 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 243%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 580GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 154 5075 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7656 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5368 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 570 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7649 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 34 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 164 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.4% Good	Read 129 Write 91.9 Mixed 98 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.53 136% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
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	362x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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