MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 03:16
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 685 74% 585 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.6 89% 105 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 99.4 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 1586 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 754 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 61 (B1) Unknown 0 0 42 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 419 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 104 (E7) Temperature 100 100 36 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 73 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11201 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11796	94.3% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 287 Mixed 368 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 35.2 146% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 66.5 108% 206 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7269 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 596 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2766354542	112% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 378 Mixed 406 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 43.8 177% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 95.4 135% 252 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 713GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1775 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8095 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1674 (C2) HDA temperature 115 95 28 (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	89.8% Excellent	Read 156 Write 157 Mixed 150 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,115 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 98.6 Write 97.9 Mixed 92.4 124% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG 859B BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FAD 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 24.8 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 25.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 85%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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 $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