MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 17:56
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 551 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 153 Parallax 144 110% 144 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 136 Splatting 106 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,192 Write 422 Mixed 660 166% 758 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 24.8 140% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 25.2 59% 121 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 243%
Seagate ST6000NE0021-2EN11C 6TB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4TB free Firmware: EN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 71377351 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13958892 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 96095598280755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (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 63 62 639238181 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 284 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 37 40 94489280549 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 64 71377351 (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 -79182017069007 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3837478541 (F2) Unknown 100 253 149688127	112% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 190 Mixed 165 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.54 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.32 206% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 125%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 153 12508 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2130 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1694 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 768 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 208768 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 40 (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 8	83.1% Excellent	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 135 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.49 152% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.5% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 110%

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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 $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