MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	30.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 00:04
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.6% Poor	Memory 43.7 1-Core 24.5 2-Core 43.4 25% 37.2 Pts	4-Core 75 8-Core 136 13% 106 Pts	64-Core 133 8% 133 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PNY(196E 11C3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 37.8 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 33.8 31% 33.6 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 36.9 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 197GB free Firmware: Z33130RL 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 0 100 1553 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 337 (A5) Unknown 100 100 167509360720 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 52 206158430249 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 111671377954 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 576 (EA) Unknown 100 100 754 (F1) Unknown 253 253 724 (F2) Unknown 253 253 629 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.7% Good	Read 495 Write 395 Mixed 443 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 2.29 52% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 92.2 DQ Write 69.5 DQ Mixed 7.59 26% 56.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 498 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2177603535670 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 41 253403070512 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1176825299218 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 553 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3853 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2469 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1553 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	46.7% Average	Read 487 Write 194 Mixed 34.4 51% 238 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 6.22 45% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 60.3 DQ Write 53.7 DQ Mixed 0.05 16% 38 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 917GB 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 190 173 1491 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 538 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 526 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4121 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 171 Mixed 160 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.37 128% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 2x16GB 466 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 20.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 186 22% 186 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 97%

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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	361x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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