MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	72.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '16 at 16:21
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 776 80% 644 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 196GB free Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 42 (A3) Unknown 100 100 191 (94) Unknown 100 100 18362 (95) Unknown 100 100 309 (96) Unknown 100 100 135 (97) Unknown 100 100 266 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8240 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35331024027674 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 30069 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26390 (F5) Unknown 100 100 48667 (F6) Unknown 100 100 36724 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.5% Very good	Read 492 Write 244 Mixed 274 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 22.4 114% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 42.4 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 92%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1015A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 267 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 113 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 54339 (A5) Unknown 100 100 88 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 22 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 177715 (F2) Unknown 100 100 37803 (F5) Unknown 100 100 108678	72.6% Very good	Read 492 Write 211 Mixed 243 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 15.9 109% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 18.3 61% 135 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227738312 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7827180 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (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 71 61 521142301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13406 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (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 106424994628297 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7819708110 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73264520585	98.8% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 163 Mixed 168 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 763GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 225306115 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1958940 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (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 71 62 487522333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 790 (C2) HDA temperature 29 15 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 225306115 (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 19915763351911 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1073578933 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1041505743	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 188 Mixed 167 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 115%

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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	1,680x
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	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $681

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16