MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.4% 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	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 12:53
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 701 75% 598 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 60.6 56% 66.1 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 54.3 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 133GB free Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2669 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 469 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393231 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 57 43 244814446635 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1367 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1605 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1814 (F4) Unknown 100 100 6 (F5) Unknown 100 100 15 (F6) Unknown 100 100 432928	87% Excellent	Read 523 Write 320 Mixed 404 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 13.7 120% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 58.2 107% 209 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 97%
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2800 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2890619422109 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 55 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 45 236223201321 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2057305915871 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2126 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6734 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4198 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4560 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.7% Above average	Read 470 Write 127 Mixed 191 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 2.51 71% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 3.47 45% 106 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 307GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230109912 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42927816 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3312 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 41 159451775006 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 70584 (C2) HDA temperature 30 59 55834574878 (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 -6863357731383 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43263569107 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35586290757	95.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 175 Mixed 142 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 79%

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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	1,671x
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	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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