MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 05:22
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 740 78% 626 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Asus(1043 049E) CLim: 1040 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 85.8 Reflection 56.3 Parallax 111 70% 84.4 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 73.9 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB-$208 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^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 5841 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (B1) Unknown 100 100 55082 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 210 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 320091 (F2) Unknown 100 100 199240	120% Outstanding	Read 677 Write 540 Mixed 569 132% 595 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 35.3 142% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 408 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 111 157% 291 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494235432 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3157 (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 6391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 703 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7461 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7461 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 171799478303 (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	95.5% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 174 Mixed 158 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.23 111% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 108%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 6383 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1860 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1818 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 34 (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	80.8% Excellent	Read 146 Write 135 Mixed 128 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.48 128% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 483GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10569 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4147 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9382 (C2) HDA temperature 114 88 33 (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	63.5% Good	Read 116 Write 105 Mixed 98.1 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.48 131% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 321GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8148 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3454 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 977 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7170 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 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	70.9% Very good	Read 132 Write 115 Mixed 108 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.32 109% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 76%
Hitachi HTS 541010A9E680 1TB 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 211GB free Firmware: JA0O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 9689 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 19011 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3081 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 137293 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 227633856536 (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 12 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	41.5% Average	Read 64.7 Write 79.9 Mixed 76.9 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.18 60% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 59%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 143GB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19152992 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2294 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 426360 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3937 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2295 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 68719476764 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50.7% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 85.6 Mixed 84.1 65% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 114GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155467560 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 48 81607944040 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2647 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 9077850141 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 828 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51259 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 -140737488355299 (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 72928544694955 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8909813814 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5469311824	72.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 107 Mixed 124 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.22 63% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 28.9 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 28.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 120%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $90Bench 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