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 as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 16:01
Run Duration	797 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 706 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 454GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 177 Mixed 289 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 51.6 197% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 481 DQ Write 471 DQ Mixed 168 211% 373 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 144%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 99GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 38624237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -131537668370143 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 277 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 99 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 38624237 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 38624237 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 38624237 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1911 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1856 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1856 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2626	54.1% Above average	Read 184 Write 123 Mixed 128 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 14.1 115% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 40.2 58% 107 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 61%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 209642246 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 138555645006172 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 156 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 10 10 90 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 209642246 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 209642246 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 209642246 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29163 (EA) Unknown 0 0 32196 (F1) Unknown 0 0 32196 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17488	50.2% Above average	Read 185 Write 116 Mixed 137 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 12.5 106% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 35.2 50% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 61%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 27GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 177 Mixed 290 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 51.5 196% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 169 210% 369 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 144%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 149 11525 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11291 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (10) Unknown 1 199 27577024919 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 21 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 33 (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	86.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 154 Mixed 138 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.95 4K Mixed 0.27 126% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3264 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 32.3 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 28.4 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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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 $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