MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.5% 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	208% 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 01:54
Run Duration	482 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 750 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% 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: 382.33 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.3 88% 103 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 96.3 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7444 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1122 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 146 (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 52 40 48 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 37528 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9654 (F2) Unknown 99 99 5486	208% Outstanding	Read 1,938 Write 1,036 Mixed 1,286 313% 1,420 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.6 182% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 124 135% 222 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 220%
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 62GB 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 4845170 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 44702019627917 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1511 (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 35 56 55838244899 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 55838244899 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4845170 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4845170 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4845170 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 34359738369 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20266 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4738 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4738 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18326	73.6% Very good	Read 509 Write 213 Mixed 315 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 16.4 109% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 42.2 75% 144 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 440GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 148 11391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 515 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4508 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 499 (10) Unknown 5 195 92899536359 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 471 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 33 (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	71.7% Very good	Read 109 Write 141 Mixed 120 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 112%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 169GB 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 113 99 54644551 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8729 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5979307 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1631 (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 67 43 129404174369 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 9853 (C2) HDA temperature 33 57 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 15 54644551 (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 2409476676367 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1604032262 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3879512372	48.5% Average	Read 81.3 Write 87.7 Mixed 98.6 68% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.34 79% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 73%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	9.7% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 2.99 Mixed 4.37 9% 9.49 MB/s	4K Read 5.77 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.22 114% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.7% Great: 13%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 102%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,674x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	365x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	361x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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