MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	121% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 14:50
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 460 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 3604) 3GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	47.5% Average	Lighting 57 Reflection 51.5 Parallax 65.9 46% 58.1 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 49.3 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 270GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 547 Write 721 Mixed 577 138% 615 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 8.9 95% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 53 124% 254 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 182%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 893 Write 604 Mixed 712 163% 736 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 26.6 108% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 118 155% 276 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 237%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 756GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 218 179 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 860 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 610 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15227 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 39 (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 124 Write 96.8 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 23.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 91%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,682x
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	152x

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 $260	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 $175	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) $32	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