MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.2% 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	181% 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	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.

Run History

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	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '16 at 21:13
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 818 86% 686 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gainward(10B0 17C8) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 128 Parallax 125 98% 124 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 109 Splatting 91 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 233GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10887 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2275 (B1) Unknown 89 89 108 (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 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 157 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1211400563	58.6% Above average	Read 482 Write 241 Mixed 273 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 11.1 74% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 11.7 26% 51.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 85%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1581 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 443 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 67 (AE) Unknown 99 99 59 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 958 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 33 49 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 17304 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7823 (F2) Unknown 99 99 4663	181% Outstanding	Read 1,746 Write 1,166 Mixed 1,408 320% 1,440 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 25.3 123% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 24.9 35% 60.5 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 736GB free Firmware: HP34 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 116 99 109277312 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1957 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54073869 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1792 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2147667529 (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 68 55 589037600 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 101640 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 55834574880 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 188 Mixed 176 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.34 110% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 196583256 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7774689 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1049 (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 75 57 538509337 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 73163 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 60129542169 (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 -22114786605318 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17499601591 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5260966532	108% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 183 Mixed 174 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.21 91% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 739GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 99.2 Write 103 Mixed 96.1 129% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 34.1 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 33.8 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 125%

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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	1,677x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
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 $90Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Total price: $893

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 $45	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