MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	116% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '17 at 15:29
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 273 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 726 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7976) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.83 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 7.53 6% 8.92 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 6.57 Splatting 16 10% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$155 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 49 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 57 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 72 66 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 555609033	116% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 499 Mixed 513 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 38.8 165% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 146 161% 270 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 145 145 34387263859 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 49 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 141735297055 (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 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 158 Mixed 165 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.15 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
General UDisk 8GB 7,759 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	6.47% Terrible	Read 19.9 Write 6.54 Mixed 7.97 12% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.04 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 34% 3.02 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.47% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 26.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,492 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

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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	1,684x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16