MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	70.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 19:30
Run Duration	390 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 589 79% 590 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Lighting 91.1 Reflection 87.6 Parallax 77.7 74% 85.5 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 70.4 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3054 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 49 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 63 43 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4343718918	92.2% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 395 Mixed 407 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 27.4 151% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 27.6 37% 64.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 839GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118247936 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 178118503 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 382257922148 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 571932698 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 94005 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 68719476762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 176 82618 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 65313567680709 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19032800478 (F2) Unknown 100 253 394194741532	106% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 175 Mixed 161 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 309GB free Firmware: AX001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1045 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3480 (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 55 55 18391 (0A) Spinup retry count 169 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1001 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 151 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 134945 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 287763136541 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4556 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 275 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	51.4% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 89.2 Mixed 93.8 69% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 62%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	5.35% Terrible	Read 19.1 Write 3.53 Mixed 5.66 9% 9.44 MB/s	4K Read 7.52 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 29% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.35% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 8,117 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 32.7 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 32.2 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 44.4 90% 44.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% 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	1,681x
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	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
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 $48Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16