MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.2% 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	116% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 08:29
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 766 73% 605 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 44.7 39% 58 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10939 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1451 (B1) Unknown 99 99 45 (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 63 57 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26377687652	116% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 456 Mixed 480 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 44.6 171% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 165 172% 283 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 107GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5875 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 976 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4992395202
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 31384006 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50745245 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 353 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5184 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 31384006 (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 14336600834916 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2116233859 (F2) Unknown 100 253 236408294
Poor: 56% Great: 110%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3.5TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130136664 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5020 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4312537846 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1448 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 309242363976 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3635 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12845 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 130136664 (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 87024627355533 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11626005485 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12120547171
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 598GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 182 6466 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5556 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2582 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 683059 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	45.6% Average	Read 81.5 Write 77.2 Mixed 60.6 55% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.13 66% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 28.5 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 28.6 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 120%

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
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	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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