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 (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	310% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 05:14
Run Duration	340 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 690 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 489GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 5468 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1303 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 142 (A3) Unknown 100 100 57 (A4) Unknown 100 100 106900 (A5) Unknown 100 100 152 (A6) Unknown 100 100 16 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 501 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 542 (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 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 821129 (F2) Unknown 100 100 897711 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1710400	88.2% Excellent	Read 510 Write 377 Mixed 425 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 32.7 125% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 60 71% 115 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 105%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,992 Write 2,278 Mixed 1,878 528% 2,383 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 27 145% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 40.6 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 181 144% 191 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 182%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 219GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4195727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 97160750173561 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 324 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 242 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 44 1017910132767 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 1017910132767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4195727 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4195727 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4195727 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12314 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2477 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2477 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2678 (F4) Unknown 96 96 8781958	51.4% Above average	Read 388 Write 153 Mixed 182 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 10.1 70% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 32.5 55% 105 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 85%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 66GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 590 Write 130 Mixed 239 69% 319 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 8.26 85% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 2.08 48% 115 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 133%
Fujitsu MHW2160BH PL 160GB 757 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 149GB free Firmware: 0101 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 42.3 Write 33.6 Mixed 35.6 28% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.27 64% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 26%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$32 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 149GB free Firmware: 0101 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 77.1 Write 74.7 Mixed 64.3 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 59%
WDC WD60 EZRZ-00RWYB1 6TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 113 Write 126 Mixed 127 161% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 62%
HGST HTS 721010A9E630 1TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 839GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 113 Write 99.4 Mixed 37.3 98% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 52%
Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 500GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 371GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 85.5 Write 83 Mixed 82.1 107% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.35 78% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 37%
WDC WD50 00AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 118GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 51.4 Write 51.7 Mixed 38.9 60% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 32.5 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 31.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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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	1,679x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $686

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) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16