MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.4% 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	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '16 at 17:31
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 587 78% 587 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 132 Parallax 118 100% 124 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 93.6 80% 98.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac SATA SSD 120GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 92GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 51 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56	94.9% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 485 Mixed 363 102% 460 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 14.8 119% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 10 69% 156 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 96%
Sandisk SD8SNAT128G1122 128GB 1,041 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 100 42 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 91 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 110 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 219043332135 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 34 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 919 (F1) Unknown 253 253 750 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1158	60.4% Good	Read 477 Write 176 Mixed 203 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 1.56 99% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 23.6 DQ Mixed 10.4 28% 63.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 903GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 359 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 131 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 38 (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	81% Excellent	Read 145 Write 137 Mixed 104 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.34 137% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-3200 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 35.6 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 45.4 SC Mixed 33.2 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

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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	1,668x
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	363x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	358x
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 $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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