MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.9% 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	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 19:23
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$130 342,244 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)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 587 78% 582 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 94% 112 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 29369317 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 94686849015874 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1413 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 351 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 44 1005025230874 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 1005025230874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 29369317 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 29369317 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 29369317 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15646 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11256 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11256 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13869	57.1% Above average	Read 433 Write 108 Mixed 134 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 10.5 106% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 6.83 24% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 635GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 127 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 7 9052 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4030 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6653 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4075 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 201864511513 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 77 77 12567 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 486319 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4264	78% Very good	Read 134 Write 138 Mixed 141 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.66 159% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 29.2 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 108%

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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	1,676x
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 $178	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