MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	142% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	244% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 18:01
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 293 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 787 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2890 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 217 Parallax 210 164% 210 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 195 Splatting 142 129% 159 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 123210421 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -35373350646594 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 458 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 215 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 45 1013615231007 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 1013615231007 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 123210421 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 123210421 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 123210421 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4078 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5208 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5208 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6214	73.1% Very good	Read 510 Write 196 Mixed 226 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 16.8 117% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 43.9 65% 117 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,022 Write 1,237 Mixed 1,201 328% 1,487 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 47.1 220% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 559 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 214 233% 394 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 480GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1064 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 727 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 828 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 30 (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	68.2% Good	Read 132 Write 106 Mixed 109 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 109%
Generic- SD/MMC 32GB 927 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 26GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	8.19% Terrible	Read 19 Write 11.6 Mixed 13.2 18% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.36 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.42 51% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.19% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 104%

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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 $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