MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	60.8% 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.

Run History

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 @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 18:29
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 668 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 153 Parallax 144 114% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13176539 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20925080668624 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 506 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 67 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 36 81606737950 (C2) HDA temperature 30 36 81606737950 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13176539 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13176539 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13176539 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1387 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1428 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1428 (F2) Unknown 0 0 782 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1900551	60.8% Good	Read 500 Write 84.5 Mixed 154 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 11.1 111% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 80.9 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 26.6 40% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 741GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 18802327 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 909 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 129882553 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 502 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 505217054 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 920 (C2) HDA temperature 30 19 81604378654 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 18802327 (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 -91345364448781 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14993987901 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26153630403	97.7% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 165 Mixed 164 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.29 85% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 112%
ST340012 A 40GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 0GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.26% Terrible	Read 7.93 Write 3.24 Mixed 7.05 7% 6.07 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.16 21% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.26% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.7% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 11.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 86%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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