MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	93.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 08:07
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 245 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 727 69% 572 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB; sea hawk CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 195 Parallax 177 146% 184 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 169 Splatting 121 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 89GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 867 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 150 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2285423768	108% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 46 180% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47.7 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 116 101% 143 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5540 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1061 (B1) Unknown 96 96 78 (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 67 48 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28107750947	93.3% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 408 Mixed 420 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 27 152% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 46.5 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 26.4 34% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDT721032SLA380 320GB 4,331 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 281GB free Firmware: ST2OA31B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 110 110 17194811617 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5454 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3759 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6598 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6598 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 219044053017 (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 200 200 0	57.2% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 100 Mixed 97 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.39 102% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$35 843 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.2% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12.2 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 87%

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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 $40	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