MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 13:38
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 729 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 68.6 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 86.2 56% 74.5 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 65.3 Splatting 56.2 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 91 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 679 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (64) Unknown 100 100 535584 (65) Unknown 100 100 82608 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 315 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 666 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 141735034911 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 91 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 91 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 969 (EA) Unknown 100 100 354 (F1) Unknown 100 100 692 (F2) Unknown 100 100 587 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 91	66.7% Good	Read 483 Write 199 Mixed 223 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 12.9 92% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 20.2 62% 139 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 82%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 240GB-$81 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 27GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7877146 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 98775657874045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 659 (0D) Soft read error rate 95 95 7877146 (64) Unknown 0 0 11190 (AA) Unknown 0 0 7424 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 10 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 38 55837065248 (C2) HDA temperature 32 38 55837065248 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7877146 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 120 120 55087250538496 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7877146 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7877146 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E8) Unknown 0 0 29 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11070 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1336 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1336 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2517	87.8% Excellent	Read 514 Write 243 Mixed 288 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 25.4 145% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 80.3 98% 176 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 63373688 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 619 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10985517 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 461 (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 68 62 538247200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13533 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 51539607584 (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 -113266877528954 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5403761527 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14024038902	86.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 143 Mixed 155 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 119%

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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