MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.9% 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	120% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '16 at 00:27
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 593 79% 594 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6200 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 62.4 57% 67.2 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 55.1 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 323 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 141 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 59 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1127371968	120% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 416 Mixed 424 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 50.1 194% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 27.7 101% 224 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 451GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 175117099 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4923780 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (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 73 65 454688795 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 142 (C2) HDA temperature 27 9 38654705691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 175117099 (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 -104273216011976 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2564465266 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2468938804	89.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 167 Mixed 145 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 112%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 115GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 83 83 6020 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15852 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 71 370540566 (C2) HDA temperature 78 69 370540566 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 41057 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0
Poor: 27% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 777 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 31.5 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 101%

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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 $90Bench 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