MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	85.6% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 02:45
Run Duration	78 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 128 2-Core 239 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 695 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15563 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 283 (A5) Unknown 100 100 378052543652 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 43 (A9) Unknown 100 100 593 (AA) Unknown 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 195 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 63 270584315941 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3466075898663 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8626 (EA) Unknown 100 100 24347 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17467 (F2) Unknown 253 253 38984 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.6% Excellent	Read 495 Write 325 Mixed 301 82% 374 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 18.3 120% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 38.2 87% 183 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 108%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 152 152 21501968837 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 14465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 14465 (C2) HDA temperature 125 125 261994381360 (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 104416	111% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 174 Mixed 153 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.58 125% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 79%

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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	1,685x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	366x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16