MSI Z170 GAMING 7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Very high background CPU (86%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170 GAMING 7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 07:07
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	86%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 263 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 544 71% 536 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 69 Parallax 62 53% 65.4 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 54.4 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung HD103SI 8 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 93GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2632 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 328 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 96 96 3687 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5517644794	137% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 499 Mixed 508 114% 507 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 64 222% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 159 176% 298 MB/s
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 137%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8346 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2035 (B1) Unknown 96 96 65 (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 65 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 135964 (EB) Unknown 99 99 415 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31346285201	118% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 49.3 189% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 108 141% 257 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 170GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 135 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5559 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1487 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 700 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 87022 (C2) HDA temperature 119 89 24 (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	60.1% Good	Read 98.1 Write 111 Mixed 94.1 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.2 102% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 23.9 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 77%

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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