MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	214% 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	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 15:15
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 832 86% 690 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.1% 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 CLim: 1567 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 105 90% 112 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 100 Splatting 94.9 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 108GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11410 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2463 (B1) Unknown 89 89 111 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 168 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2571482547	78.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 246 Mixed 256 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 13.1 108% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 31.4 91% 199 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 85%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2224 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 631 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 121 (AE) Unknown 99 99 70 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 958 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 21 59 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 31064 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15677 (F2) Unknown 99 99 6326	214% Outstanding	Read 1,813 Write 1,021 Mixed 1,382 311% 1,405 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 51.8 185% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 620 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 242 247% 409 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 220%
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 below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177141792 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8055962 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1237 (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 65 57 588185635 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74004 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 60129542179 (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 -44306882623265 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18367544081 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5484474997	63.3% Good	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 106 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 454GB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216949672 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56189831 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5879 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1980 (B4) Unknown 100 100 212940733 (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 61 55 655294503 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 103986 (C2) HDA temperature 39 45 55834574887 (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	96.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 167 Mixed 162 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 711GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 41 Write 40 Mixed 35.4 49% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.9% 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 37.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 34.4 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 34.2 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 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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Value: 70% - Good

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