MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	109% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	13.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '18 at 18:24
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 813 87% 692 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 211 Parallax 186 160% 198 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 189 Splatting 133 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 175GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6067 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 557 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8623190351	121% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 414 Mixed 414 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 52.5 199% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 48.8 109% 227 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
OCZ Vector 180 480GB-$140 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (AB) Unknown 100 100 164956496 (AE) Unknown 100 100 139 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 69 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12893 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12176 (F9) Unknown 100 100 459367053	109% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 462 Mixed 489 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 30.6 154% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 79.5 129% 249 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C15 Series 2x8GB 2,782 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 23.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 92%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,474 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $184	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) $35	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