MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 21:26
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 781 79% 641 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 336A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 126% 148 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5453 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4154 (B1) Unknown 99 1 48 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 14 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 14 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14993209298	123% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 495 Mixed 517 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 46.7 182% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 169 181% 301 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166348640 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2780565 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1703 (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 60 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14623 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 81604378656 (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 33011118637773 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2155224742 (F2) Unknown 100 253 247071911754	101% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 168 Mixed 171 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 383GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151994224 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12048 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43418684 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 8047 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 89481 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 81604378655 (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 -126306398234661 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55742375499923 (F2) Unknown 100 253 99149505423238	80.1% Excellent	Read 138 Write 142 Mixed 159 111% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.41 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 29.3 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 34.2 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 123%

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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 $250Bench 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 $76Bench 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