MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	120% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '16 at 00:05
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 783 81% 654 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 151 Parallax 125 111% 138 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 135 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2082 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 163 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 61 55 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6594132056	120% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 403 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 51.5 196% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 133 152% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 914GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 63 8568659 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 247 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6291095 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 589430818 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 293 (C2) HDA temperature 34 13 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 8568659 (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 -93853625350176 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1951075543 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7108019457	107% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 165 Mixed 169 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.32 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$42 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 79%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,520 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,703x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-7700KIntel $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	373x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	369x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	187x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	126x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	65x

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