MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	236% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 03:48
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 532 59% 466 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 107 Parallax 91.8 79% 98.4 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 91 75% 91.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-512M6S 2.5 7mm 512GB 1,038 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 475GB free Firmware: DC9110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 9 (B1) Unknown 100 100 160616 (B2) Unknown 100 100 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 19 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2816 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 19 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 584380 (F2) Unknown 100 100 535575	105% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 433 Mixed 441 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 39.8 145% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 102 138% 253 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 102%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,977 Write 1,328 Mixed 1,327 342% 1,544 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 51.8 190% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 422 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 162 183% 313 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 316GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4785 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 104 (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 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4001036662	107% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 391 Mixed 441 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 33.8 161% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 151 161% 269 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Liteonit LCT-512M3S 512GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 144GB free Firmware: VSDB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 451770 (B2) Unknown 100 100 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 68 (B4) Unknown 86 86 5504 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 68 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 439579 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5314230	87.5% Excellent	Read 490 Write 417 Mixed 442 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 30.1 113% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 55.7 74% 136 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 86%
WD WD1001FALS-41Y6A1 1TB 1,153 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 704GB free Firmware: 05.03D06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9206 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9113 (C2) HDA temperature 102 92 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	64.1% Good	Read 120 Write 104 Mixed 120 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.47 135% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 106%

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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	1,671x
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