MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 163% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 129% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	158% 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	71.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '18 at 06:15
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 620 84% 628 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Lighting 248 Reflection 194 Parallax 186 202% 209 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 179 Splatting 122 114% 140 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 94GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1079 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 160 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 59 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2142158876	127% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 506 Mixed 284 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 53 190% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 142 169% 294 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 140015934752658 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1457 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1452 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 217303 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 217303 (F2) Unknown 100 100 250457 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6683	71.3% Very good	Read 479 Write 160 Mixed 172 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 19.3 118% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 55.4 76% 140 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 83%
Raid 0 1TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 551GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 321 Mixed 265 270% 363 MB/s	4K Read 6.05 4K Write 6.08 4K Mixed 0.74 447% 4.29 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 137%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 370GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 136 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2974 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2652 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1034 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1940 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 33 (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	66.6% Good	Read 123 Write 109 Mixed 61.8 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.39 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 35.8 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 45.4 SC Mixed 33.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,674x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	365x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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