MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	59.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '16 at 00:17
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	26% Poor	Memory 42.7 1-Core 23.9 2-Core 40 24% 35.5 Pts	4-Core 55 8-Core 60.8 8% 57.9 Pts	64-Core 64.8 4% 64.8 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.1% Above average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 62.2 Parallax 126 44% 80.8 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 118 Splatting 99.5 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BA800G4 800GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 691GB free Firmware: G2010110 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1026 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4297074068 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 70 505085981 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 13807 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 64 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 59905 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13807 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24352	75.6% Very good	Read 500 Write 452 Mixed 478 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 17.8 87% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 70.6 DQ Mixed 48.3 37% 48 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 105%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1081 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 159 159 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 68 57 184684838944 (F1) Unknown 100 100 188634	57.2% Above average	Read 496 Write 342 Mixed 357 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 7.72 53% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 31 DQ Mixed 7.7 11% 20.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 95%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01K01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 150 9191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 333 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 37 (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	96.7% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 151 Mixed 150 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.58 155% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	40% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 8.4 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 190 21% 190 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 119%

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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	1,677x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
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	363x
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 $98Bench 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	84x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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