MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% 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	211% 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 05:35
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$230 712,312 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)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 765 80% 639 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% 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: 382.5 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 107 Parallax 90.4 86% 101 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 96 Splatting 95.7 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% 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% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7145 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1091 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 139 (AE) Unknown 99 99 55 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1010 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 40 50 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 35616 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9109 (F2) Unknown 99 99 5353	211% Outstanding	Read 1,952 Write 1,082 Mixed 1,108 304% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.9 184% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 102 118% 199 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 220%
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 66GB free Firmware: 604ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 44771890 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -138177687836062 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1480 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 143 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 56 55838244901 (C2) HDA temperature 37 56 55838244901 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 44771890 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 44771890 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 44771890 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 34359738369 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20151 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4720 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4720 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17837	72.5% Very good	Read 474 Write 224 Mixed 296 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 15.6 110% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 50.7 77% 141 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 366GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 148 10041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 484 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 468 (10) Unknown 4 196 87085672502 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 440 (C2) HDA temperature 118 112 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	59.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 104 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 112%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 170GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214650556 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5933108 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1600 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 47245427849 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 43 129454506013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 9573 (C2) HDA temperature 29 57 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 15 214650556 (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 -109727824455198 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3211834853 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3857014243	48.3% Average	Read 79.4 Write 89.1 Mixed 89.5 65% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.45 95% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.3% 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 (89^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 29.9 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 30 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 98.2% 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	1,675x
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