MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.4% 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	94% 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.

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, 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	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '16 at 19:16
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	2%

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-$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)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 585 78% 583 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.8% 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. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 132 Parallax 131 105% 130 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 116 Splatting 96.5 86% 106 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT128G1122 128GB 1,041 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB 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 49 100 49 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 91 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (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 45 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1241 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1064 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1413	63.7% Good	Read 486 Write 177 Mixed 174 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 2.7 100% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 16.9 48% 103 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 70%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 66GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8172316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 85538568674661 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (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 32 44 107377066016 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 107377066016 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8172316 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8172316 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8172316 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1279 (EA) Unknown 0 0 928 (F1) Unknown 0 0 928 (F2) Unknown 0 0 936	71.6% Very good	Read 520 Write 185 Mixed 216 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 20.8 124% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 29.5 DQ Mixed 21.3 29% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 87%
Zotac SATA SSD 120GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 370 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 51 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196616 (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 100 100 740	94% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 478 Mixed 411 105% 473 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 14.4 118% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 20.3 72% 156 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 844GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 523 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 276 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 29 (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	85.9% Excellent	Read 157 Write 142 Mixed 118 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.36 147% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 109%
Generic USB Flash Disk 32GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 24GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 132 Write 18.2 Mixed 17.2 48% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.67 70% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 29%

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 (60^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 35.7 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 45.6 SC Mixed 32.2 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

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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	1,685x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

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