MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	101% 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 11 years and 2 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '16 at 13:29
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$276 437,946 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 242 92% 157 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 656 70% 544 Pts	64-Core 691 46% 691 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$540 707,243 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 453 Reflection 401 Parallax 426 119% 427 fps	MRender 248 Gravity 429 Splatting 256 114% 311 fps
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 480GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 908 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65540 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 167505297444 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 690 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 663 (F2) Unknown 100 100 506 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 182784	101% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 510 Mixed 500 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 13.3 130% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 13.5 90% 205 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 532,987 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 194488536 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 243719 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 44 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (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 73 69 487850011 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 228 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 73014444059 (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 -52686363820003 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1692969141 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1027580814	88.2% Excellent	Read 163 Write 145 Mixed 136 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 387 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 240GB free, PID 231b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 74.2 Write 75.4 Mixed 72 95% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.26 49% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 8,160 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 32.8 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 31.5 94% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 1,971 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $276Bench 84%, 437,946 samples	1,232x
Core i5-6600KIntel $180Bench 80%, 267,918 samples	338x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 88%, 434,135 samples	113x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 906,947 samples	345x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 707,243 samples	325x
GTX 970Nvidia $400Bench 51%, 633,465 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 640,525 samples	169x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 553,100 samples	158x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 114%, 265,092 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 83%, 371,676 samples	135x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $58Bench 71%, 66,902 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $69Bench 86%, 300,565 samples	58x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,036

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $299	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $505	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $42

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28