MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.2% 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	220% 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 08:26
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 778 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 92%

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: 381.78 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 108 Parallax 91.7 89% 103 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 96.8 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6691 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1049 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 129 (AE) Unknown 99 99 53 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1010 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 40 52 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 33272 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8438 (F2) Unknown 99 99 5173	220% Outstanding	Read 2,004 Write 1,153 Mixed 1,388 335% 1,515 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 48.1 190% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 114 130% 215 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 220%
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 70GB free Firmware: 604ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 103169894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -52716428580707 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1438 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 137 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 56 55838244902 (C2) HDA temperature 38 56 55838244902 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 103169894 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 103169894 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 103169894 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 34359738369 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20007 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4703 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4703 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17076	73% Very good	Read 497 Write 226 Mixed 302 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 16.4 107% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 44.9 75% 141 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 285GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 148 11408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 442 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (10) Unknown 4 196 85498514202 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 404 (C2) HDA temperature 117 112 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	65.3% Good	Read 111 Write 116 Mixed 101 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.21 102% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 112%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 172GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186330120 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8039 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5897539 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29576 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1558 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 42950395016 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 43 129437728801 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 9131 (C2) HDA temperature 33 57 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 15 186330120 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 191 2853 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 24653112301623 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3204731392 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3617554174	47.9% Average	Read 79.6 Write 87.4 Mixed 90.1 65% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 30.2 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 29.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 102%

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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