MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	143% 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	245% 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

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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 23:47
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 298 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 841 85% 692 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2890 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 204 Reflection 223 Parallax 213 166% 213 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 197 Splatting 136 128% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8687763 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 56916906610803 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 218 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 45 1013615231007 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 1013615231007 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8687763 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8687763 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8687763 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4713 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5218 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5218 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6222	69.6% Good	Read 462 Write 184 Mixed 249 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 17.8 111% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 43.3 67% 125 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,068 Write 1,200 Mixed 1,201 328% 1,490 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 46 222% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 589 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 217 240% 409 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 474GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1140 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7645 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 905 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 29 (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	79.4% Very good	Read 152 Write 124 Mixed 115 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 58GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 109 Write 7.82 Mixed 43.1 51% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.52 76% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 32.3 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 31.4 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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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	1,679x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $743

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16