MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	42.1% 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	46.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 01:03
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.4% Poor	Memory 42.4 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 46.1 25% 37.4 Pts	4-Core 79.5 8-Core 115 12% 97.4 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 28.4% 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: 388.59 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 46 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 67.4 38% 57.7 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 54.9 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 18GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 32866 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1439 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 75 60 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 155 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2133817079	46.3% Average	Read 482 Write 127 Mixed 173 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 8.49 54% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 85.2 DQ Write 79 DQ Mixed 24 34% 62.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18484158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 -71330816824310 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1146 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 86 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 239 (BD) vendor-specific 26 69 68723998746 (C2) HDA temperature 26 69 68723998746 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18484158 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18484158 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18484158 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 81 81 98784247809 (E9) Unknown 0 0 51900 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21094 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21094 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8574	46.5% Average	Read 500 Write 120 Mixed 207 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 32.4 4K Mixed 11.7 53% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 74.7 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 7.16 24% 51.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 73%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 506GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 138 11633 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2308 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 904 (10) Unknown 4 196 72397989447 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2283 (C2) HDA temperature 127 107 25 (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	81.2% Excellent	Read 139 Write 144 Mixed 139 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.24 100% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 778GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8750 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3701 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1397 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3569 (C2) HDA temperature 124 101 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	83.4% Excellent	Read 166 Write 124 Mixed 121 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.41 126% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 20.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 192 21% 192 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 103%

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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	1,675x
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 $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	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