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 (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	91.3% 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	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 9 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '16 at 15:31
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 543 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93% 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. 21.21.13.7254 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 129 Reflection 132 Parallax 130 105% 130 fps	Gravity 115 Splatting 106 97% 111 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 77GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 77102476 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 100424925322292 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 164 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 44 107377066019 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 107377066019 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 77102476 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 77102476 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 77102476 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1234 (EA) Unknown 0 0 888 (F1) Unknown 0 0 888 (F2) Unknown 0 0 907	71.3% Very good	Read 522 Write 186 Mixed 218 67% 309 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 20.8 128% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 53.6 DQ Write 18.1 DQ Mixed 14 16% 28.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 87%
Zotac SATA SSD 120GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 64 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 51 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65542 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 406	91.3% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 479 Mixed 382 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 13.8 117% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 15.6 56% 118 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 96%
Sandisk SD8SNAT128G1122 128GB 1,041 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 57GB free Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 100 44 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 91 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 219043332137 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 39 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1062 (F1) Unknown 253 253 882 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1215	64.2% Good	Read 515 Write 176 Mixed 197 64% 296 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 2.97 103% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 46.8 DQ Mixed 10.8 33% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 899GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 399 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1059 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 152 (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	87% Excellent	Read 154 Write 148 Mixed 116 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.33 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.35 148% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87% 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 36.8 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.4 SC Mixed 33.2 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,487 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

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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	1,679x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $743

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16