MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% 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	76.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160714
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 11:04
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 683 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.3 94% 110 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.7 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4598 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1378 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 298 (A9) Unknown 100 100 124 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 190 (AE) Unknown 100 100 163 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 201863790628 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1569 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 24794 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13963 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7952 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	76.8% Very good	Read 435 Write 238 Mixed 317 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 16.5 126% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 16.6 62% 136 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 73GB free Firmware: HPM2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 72 205583232 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 895 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 12984159526 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1275 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 939 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 33268 (BC) Unknown 100 97 21475164199 (BD) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BE) vendor-specific 68 40 22030057504 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5041 (C2) HDA temperature 32 60 47244640288 (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 5 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	50.7% Above average	Read 78.2 Write 96.9 Mixed 94.9 68% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.73 212% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 30.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 29.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 103%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,492 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,684x
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	368x
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 $39Bench 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 $290	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 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16