MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 11:34
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 275 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 783 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 66.5 65% 75.1 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 71.9 59% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2653 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 707 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 144 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12819960639	95.7% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 396 Mixed 414 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28.2 161% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 48.1 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 28 36% 61.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 31764401 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3221 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7532385 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -49220325209509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 705 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 458759 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 421003289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2329 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10227 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 73014444057 (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 91474213471082 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17077583 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14686818	94.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 159 Mixed 132 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 105%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.87% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 9.45 Mixed 6.2 13% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.14 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 26% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.87% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,691x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	326x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	370x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	368x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	187x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 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	65x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16