MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90% 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	256% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 02:28
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 829 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 826 51% 826 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2226 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 124 Parallax 104 92% 114 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 101 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,021 Write 1,320 Mixed 1,203 335% 1,515 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 56.3 241% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 622 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 200 225% 389 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 202GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14860 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1067 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 243 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23493809341	102% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 350 Mixed 358 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 31.6 159% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 98.2 129% 235 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 126%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 686GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387919278 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1035 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1035 (C2) HDA temperature 125 125 219044511792 (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	69.5% Good	Read 120 Write 122 Mixed 138 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.23 97% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 573GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 61787280 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1930 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20537019 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 51 739639340 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8057 (C2) HDA temperature 44 49 73014444076 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 103624675954043 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33320823741 (F2) Unknown 100 253 286031037452	66.6% Good	Read 113 Write 117 Mixed 94.8 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.49 178% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 94%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 504GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 123 6333 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8808 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2613 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 100283 (C2) HDA temperature 100 90 47 (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	59.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 77.8 71% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 278GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9156 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6880 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28017 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2378 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 38545 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 49 219043790895 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2540 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6908	68.3% Good	Read 107 Write 131 Mixed 107 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.47 115% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 326GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115267904 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22452827 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2283 (B7) Unknown 35 35 65 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 21475164248 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 48 789970991 (C2) HDA temperature 47 52 34359738415 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 20 115267904 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 88 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 53360673712191 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2867076800 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3333703668	61.5% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 109 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.52 112% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB 3,576 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2992 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 29.8 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 27.4 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 99%

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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	1,668x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	363x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	358x
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 $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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