MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 32% Sail boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 31.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 12:42
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 0.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	31.6% Below average	Memory 47.2 1-Core 25.2 2-Core 50 27% 40.8 Pts	4-Core 87.5 8-Core 136 14% 112 Pts	64-Core 126 8% 126 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7976) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	2.57% Terrible	Lighting 2.53 Reflection 3.77 Parallax 2.59 2% 2.97 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 3.47 Splatting 5.17 4% 4.21 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.57% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5215 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1352 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 46 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8973764905	80.7% Excellent	Read 514 Write 402 Mixed 414 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 26.9 101% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 81.5 DQ Mixed 42.8 48% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 682GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1503004 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4536 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 393721274 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4529 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098383 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 41 3651142942745 (C2) HDA temperature 25 59 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 15 1503004 (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 122050085685117 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2590933320 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2746858788	48.7% Average	Read 80.8 Write 89.1 Mixed 101 69% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.38 78% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 2x4GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2040 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.5% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.8 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.4 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 171 23% 171 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 80%

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Gaming 86%

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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