MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	65.7% 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 20:43
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$241 712,312 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)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 779 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 147 Parallax 128 114% 138 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 447GB free Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (A5) Unknown 100 100 65536 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 56 188978561068 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.7% Excellent	Read 518 Write 453 Mixed 487 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 6.52 108% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 7.67 76% 176 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 76%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17845358 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -138804753065330 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1017 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 55 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 43 64427327521 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 64427327521 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17845358 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17845358 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17845358 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14026 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7254 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7254 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14961 (F4) Unknown 99 99 6291514	65.7% Good	Read 385 Write 201 Mixed 237 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.6 108% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 51.2 70% 125 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 373GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 130 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4837 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1009 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 47914 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (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	60.6% Good	Read 134 Write 77.2 Mixed 97.8 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 23.2 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

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Gaming 86%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
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	64x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16