MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 11:36
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 217 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 656 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2774) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7557 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 44.4 Reflection 41 Parallax 52.9 36% 46.1 fps	MRender 54.2 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 37.4 38% 47.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 365 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 59 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 56 52 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2178736338	113% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 406 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 46.3 177% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 118 141% 248 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 122GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23443642 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3405 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 701190919 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3596 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (B8) Unknown 1 1 404 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 111672040186 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 623116325 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 94489280549 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 32 23443642 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 6487 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 119241177069559 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3707062743 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3770335721	44.5% Average	Read 77.8 Write 77.2 Mixed 71 57% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.46 94% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 68%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 27GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 6946816 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 128 128 25790447894 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6598 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1810 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3384 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6670 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6670 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 249109544998 (C4) Reallocation count 7 7 1866 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 207 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2006737	11.4% Very poor	Read 28.4 Write 11.2 Mixed 15.1 14% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.21 40% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$44 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 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	1,688x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	367x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	186x
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 $48Bench 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	65x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16