MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	12.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 01:30
Run Duration	409 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 693 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.8 91% 107 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 98.5 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PA128HMCD-010 128GB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 11GB free Firmware: AXM07H1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 11870 (05) Reallocated sector count 87 87 878592 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5933 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 283 (AA) Unknown 48 48 962 (AB) Unknown 83 83 336 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 8 (AE) Unknown 99 99 74 (B7) Unknown 100 100 20 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 1329 (BC) Unknown 99 99 169 (BE) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 87 87 429 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 1	34.8% Below average	Read 241 Write 161 Mixed 72.7 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 6.33 43% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 23 DQ Mixed 7.24 21% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 51%
Corsair CMFSSD-64NI 65GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 081028 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2662 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 0 (E5) Unknown 100 0 -21471777400852 (E8) Unknown 100 48 9037453209912 (E9) Unknown 100 0 2104362500 (EA) Unknown 100 0 662146411563 (EB) Unknown 100 0 2617494591	12.1% Very poor	Read 106 Write 34.7 Mixed 19.3 12% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.005 22% 4.88 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 21%
Toshiba MK3263GSX 320GB-$68 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 6GB free Firmware: FG020A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1652 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 93745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 19657 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1737 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2471 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 545247 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 257698168861 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 4124 (DE) Loaded hours 75 75 10356 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 350 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	34.1% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 57.3 Mixed 60.4 45% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.23 63% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 38%
Seagate Portable 500GB 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 83GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 37.9 Mixed 13.5 36% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.32 41% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 19.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 105%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,678x
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	364x
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 $177	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16