MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.1% 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	227% 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	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '16 at 22:17
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 742 78% 628 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 2980) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Lighting 61 Reflection 56.2 Parallax 72.2 50% 63.1 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 50.7 Splatting 54.3 48% 59.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,130 Write 1,419 Mixed 1,441 368% 1,663 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 27.5 175% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 39.5 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 24.4 38% 67.9 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 283%
Plextor M3 256GB-$160 237 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 186GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15928 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1201 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 368	76.8% Very good	Read 478 Write 356 Mixed 418 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 15.8 102% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 16.4 51% 103 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 94%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 55GB free Firmware: 2B6Q 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 99 99 707 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 146 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 68 58 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4029945182
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 39GB free Firmware: 02HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18738 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2310 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1009 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 219161 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 4646 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 4254213328 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 2173	35.1% Below average	Read 246 Write 78.6 Mixed 113 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 6.41 67% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.1 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 5.56 14% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 625GB free Firmware: 00E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 15389 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 38 8924 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10990 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18617 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2152 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 267 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159282203 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 17 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 241 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 8 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11429	62.1% Good	Read 90.2 Write 126 Mixed 109 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.36 108% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 75%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 296GB free Firmware: 1V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 97 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5194 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (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 3	58.1% Above average	Read 109 Write 93.2 Mixed 93.7 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.35 106% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3200 4x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 32.2 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 31.5 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

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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	1,680x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	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