MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.1% 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	88.4% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '16 at 18:51
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 514 68% 512 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.10.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 62.2 Parallax 76.7 56% 69.2 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 54.3 Splatting 74.9 53% 63.8 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XT 480GB-$210 846 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 305GB free Firmware: SAFC01.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (A2) Unknown 100 100 718 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 187 (F2) Unknown 100 100 90	109% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 508 Mixed 518 116% 517 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 16.6 144% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 16.2 107% 246 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 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 95 95 11348956 (05) Reallocated sector count 57 57 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 74878459844314 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1758 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 311 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 64 1022206410783 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11348956 (C4) Reallocation count 57 57 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11348956 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11348956 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 107374182400 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8139 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7246 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7246 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5134	88.4% Excellent	Read 496 Write 260 Mixed 305 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 23.4 143% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 76.8 104% 190 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 89%
Corsair Neutron XT 480GB-$210 846 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 51GB free Firmware: SAFC01.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 922 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1503 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262159 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1961 (F2) Unknown 100 100 660	108% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 509 Mixed 499 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 16 140% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 15.5 107% 246 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 116%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1619920 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 1186 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 76 404095000 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 94489280536 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 29510720290816 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2905967 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1705734	101% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 186 Mixed 90.2 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 5.05 4K Mixed 0.41 152% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 100%

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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	1,671x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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