MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	47.9% 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	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 11:47
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^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)	27.8% Poor	Memory 42.6 1-Core 24.9 2-Core 43.3 25% 36.9 Pts	4-Core 75.1 8-Core 87.3 11% 81.2 Pts	64-Core 112 7% 112 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.9% Average	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 56 Parallax 111 31% 68.2 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 99.2 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4279 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1204 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7908895919	67.6% Good	Read 491 Write 354 Mixed 385 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 19 81% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 52.9 DQ Mixed 21 21% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 400GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20891473 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13658845 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2470 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163908 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 21 20891473 (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 -70338679395332 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2806836341 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1152802241	55.4% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 94.1 Mixed 71.5 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.46 103% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 67GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176083467 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6510 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 99 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23799007 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4075 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065669 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 522059807 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 42949672991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 20 176083467 (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 34565896816534 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1103769120 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2143480627	41.1% Average	Read 71.6 Write 71.3 Mixed 62.6 51% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.55 116% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBR2 2x8GB 1,457 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 19 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 191 21% 191 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 86%

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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	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 $67Bench 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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Value: 70% - Good

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