MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	158% 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 05:42
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 596 80% 596 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 97.2 64% 83.2 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 60 56% 69 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,903 Write 515 Mixed 665 223% 1,028 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 25.1 162% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 49.9 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 24.8 36% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 215%
Zotac SATA SSD 120GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 92GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1963 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 247 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 51 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589841 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2191	102% Outstanding	Read 533 Write 487 Mixed 496 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 14.3 126% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 61.2 121% 242 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 96%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 62GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7514857 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -26663156964495 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 204 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 44 107377066020 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 107377066020 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7514857 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7514857 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7514857 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1873 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1229 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1229 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1623	77% Very good	Read 499 Write 194 Mixed 236 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 22.8 139% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 54.8 56% 87.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 483GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 559 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 673 (C2) HDA temperature 106 94 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	60.5% Good	Read 104 Write 107 Mixed 97.6 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.29 103% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-3200 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 36.4 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 33.1 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
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	362x
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 $90Bench 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	83x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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