MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 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 38.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	49.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 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	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 03:49
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.1% Below average	Memory 62.5 1-Core 19.6 2-Core 38.4 30% 40.2 Pts	4-Core 76.5 8-Core 132 13% 104 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 38.1% 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 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.4% Average	Lighting 41.6 Reflection 55.9 Parallax 110 34% 69.1 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 98.7 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2322 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 71 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 71 57 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1740274394	44% Average	Read 239 Write 166 Mixed 180 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 19.7 68% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 85.4 DQ Write 66.4 DQ Mixed 35.9 38% 62.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2708656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -7756710932302 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 298 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 31 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 41 77312098329 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 77312098329 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2708656 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2708656 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2708656 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 68719476737 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20640 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1130 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1130 (F2) Unknown 0 0 764 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4194368	43.1% Average	Read 233 Write 188 Mixed 198 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 28.8 4K Mixed 12.3 58% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 98.1 DQ Mixed 54.2 56% 93.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 85%
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4305 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1212 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4063360 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12654	38.6% Below average	Read 240 Write 203 Mixed 223 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 9.53 53% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 19.2 DQ Write 30.8 DQ Mixed 9.06 11% 19.7 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 20.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 7.6 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 89%

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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	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
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 $92Bench 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	64x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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