MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '17 at 17:34
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.3% Below average	Memory 61.8 1-Core 22 2-Core 39.9 30% 41.2 Pts	4-Core 71.8 8-Core 140 13% 106 Pts	64-Core 123 8% 123 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.3% Below average	Lighting 37 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 41.4 30% 40.5 fps	MRender 63.3 Gravity 44.2 Splatting 57.9 45% 55.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-533 480GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8391 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 84 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2436 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 94 (E7) Temperature 100 100 36 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4 (EA) Unknown 0 0 63 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17990 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14291	60.4% Good	Read 401 Write 393 Mixed 399 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 13.1 59% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 34.4 33% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 98%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 121GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 64.3 Write 65.8 Mixed 63 83% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.14 44% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 45%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 124GB 358 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 113GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 141 Write 62.4 Mixed 85.3 110% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.01 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 1.02 136% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C15 Series 2x8GB 2,782 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 19.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.2 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 92%

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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	1,675x
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