MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.9% 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	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 13:09
Run Duration	353 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 659 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3757) CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Lighting 26.3 Reflection 19.5 Parallax 23 22% 23 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 26.9 Splatting 19.3 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17607 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 338 (B1) Unknown 97 97 46 (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 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 52 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50664164998	111% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 397 Mixed 417 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 47.2 174% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 117 132% 226 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 866GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 40008743 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9776881 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 638976031 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5553 (C2) HDA temperature 31 17 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 40008743 (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 -43830141248670 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2759486555 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3487503835	99.8% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 160 Mixed 161 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.28 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 678GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 210491334 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7004317 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 672596000 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6098 (C2) HDA temperature 32 17 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 210491334 (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 49894635082079 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8920649229 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5775179801	93.6% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 151 Mixed 139 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 113%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 16GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 37 Write 20.5 Mixed 17.7 29% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.85 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.87 76% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 86%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 16GB 985 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 6.45 Mixed 7.28 11% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.59 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.004 25% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 120%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,682x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16