MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.1% 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	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 12:27
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 566 75% 564 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 365.10 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 35 Parallax 31.2 30% 34.2 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 33.3 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 28%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900NS38 128GB 273 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11280650 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -92264487451928 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 499 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 160 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 62 81608441903 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11280650 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11280650 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11280650 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5407 (EA) Unknown 0 0 990 (F1) Unknown 0 0 990 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1167	63.9% Good	Read 510 Write 114 Mixed 144 55% 256 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 15.7 112% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 72.2 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 29.7 40% 72.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3200 2x8GB 795 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 109%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $241Bench 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 $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 $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