MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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	208% 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.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 15:14
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	72%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 202 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 497 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.55 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 141 Parallax 141 118% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,941 Write 1,194 Mixed 1,166 316% 1,434 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 26.5 166% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 23.4 68% 144 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 236%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 47GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3191 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2010 (A5) Unknown 100 100 527172 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 134 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2994 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 41 231928758313 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 446 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 812 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22732177540 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17093476647	47.9% Average	Read 450 Write 259 Mixed 277 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 8.28 44% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 9.66 11% 20.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 793GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42874816 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3974 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 67601968 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3328 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 605618211 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 569 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64429 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 42949672995 (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 -52291226823680 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25612951076 (F2) Unknown 100 253 114486960713	104% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 166 Mixed 171 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4000 C19 2x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 125%

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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	1,675x
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 $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 $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