MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	206% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 19:20
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 482 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.5 92% 110 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 98.9 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,899 Write 894 Mixed 1,115 286% 1,303 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 47.7 196% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 416 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 174 182% 302 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6279 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2208 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 306 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8982172542	107% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 411 Mixed 421 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 39.7 157% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 121 141% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4005 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2978 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 461 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3543 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 28 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 180 Mixed 163 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.37 145% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 808GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1788 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1645 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 266 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1521 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 29 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 168 Mixed 156 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.29 118% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 29 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 97%

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Gaming 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	1,680x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16