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 (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	51.7% 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 (15%). 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 17:01
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 209 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 574 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14182267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2336462211081 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 480 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 165 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 43 42952491039 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 42952491039 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14182267 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14182267 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14182267 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5239 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3850 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3850 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3644 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3276832	51.7% Above average	Read 342 Write 108 Mixed 176 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 13.9 90% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 88.8 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 11 38% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 581GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4491 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 59 9467 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2280 (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 10803 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2221 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 516 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274052636 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 94 94 3593 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 384734 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2467	69.4% Good	Read 111 Write 130 Mixed 100 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.42 125% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 75%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 232GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 73 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897812671 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3448 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2660 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3512 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3512 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 193274118171 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 44	80% Excellent	Read 165 Write 114 Mixed 120 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 99%
Lexar JumpDrive P20 USB 3.0 64GB-$20 539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 60GB free, PID a212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	70% Good	Read 216 Write 157 Mixed 132 203% 168 MB/s	4K Read 5.38 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 82% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 27 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 105%

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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	324x
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 $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 $43Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

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 $40	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