MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	32.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.5% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '17 at 16:09
Run Duration	508 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.8% Below average	Memory 61.5 1-Core 25.3 2-Core 49.9 32% 45.6 Pts	4-Core 78.7 8-Core 113 12% 96.1 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.5% Below average	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 36.7 Parallax 109 1% 49.1 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1235 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (A5) Unknown 100 100 18219243 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 286 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 37 158914773024 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 287766544451 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 918 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2413 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2139 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2106 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.5% Average	Read 482 Write 199 Mixed 242 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 6.31 51% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.8 DQ Write 47.9 DQ Mixed 8.48 14% 25.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 101%
Sandisk SD8SBBU240G1122 240GB 2,683 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 27GB free Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 859 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51546947685 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 46 231928234027 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 141736804396 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 749 (EA) Unknown 100 100 953 (F1) Unknown 253 253 696 (F2) Unknown 253 253 527 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	37.6% Below average	Read 490 Write 51.6 Mixed 275 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 4.33 38% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 90.1 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 1.75 26% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 66%
WD WD2500AAJB-00J3A0 250GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 232GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 130 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7918 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4537 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 686 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7916 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 34 (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 18 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	2.43% Terrible	Read 3.94 Write 3.92 Mixed 3.92 3% 3.93 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.38 89% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 2.43% Great: 45%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 204GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 18 (03) Spinup time 187 185 1633 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7867 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15962 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4722 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 673 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 91230 (C2) HDA temperature 117 91 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	28.5% Poor	Read 46.4 Write 52.6 Mixed 45.8 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 20.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 8.7 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 102%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $762

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