MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 37.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	51.6% 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	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 x 65536 colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160926
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 04:16
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.6% Below average	Memory 62 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 41.1 31% 42.2 Pts	4-Core 73.3 8-Core 118 12% 95.7 Pts	64-Core 126 8% 126 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.6% Above average	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 53.8 Parallax 141 28% 76.3 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BA800G4 800GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 726GB free Firmware: G2010110 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1010 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4304676054 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 71 488177692 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 12732 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 58991 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12732 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23633	77.4% Very good	Read 512 Write 437 Mixed 457 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 17.9 84% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 56.8 59% 96.5 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 105%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1065 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 159 159 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 69 57 184684838943 (F1) Unknown 100 100 183766	62.3% Good	Read 499 Write 338 Mixed 309 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 8.5 61% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 34.3 42% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 95%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$52 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01K01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 152 150 11383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 352 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 247 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 324 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 35 (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	95.4% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 154 Mixed 156 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 3.07 4K Mixed 0.56 145% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 20.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 119%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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