MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	49.2% 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	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '16 at 14:25
Run Duration	333 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	30.6% Below average	Memory 45.8 1-Core 25 2-Core 42.9 26% 37.9 Pts	4-Core 84.1 8-Core 231 18% 158 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.2% Average	Lighting 42.6 Reflection 50 Parallax 116 35% 69.6 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 89.2 77% 95 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 85GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6189 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1984 (B1) Unknown 80 80 235 (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 64 30 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 239 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23145915085	57% Above average	Read 480 Write 331 Mixed 350 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 9.59 4K Mixed 8.83 52% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 12.3 DQ Mixed 9.38 19% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1437 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 711 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (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 60 56 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12417185385	61.9% Good	Read 487 Write 392 Mixed 414 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 10.2 55% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 13.5 DQ Mixed 10.4 20% 41.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 833GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39552424 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1358 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2729143 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 709 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 62 555089952 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8409 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 51539607584 (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 -73014444031329 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2976651629 (F2) Unknown 100 253 366227776680	93.6% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 155 Mixed 155 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 708GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206123256 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1050 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15194940 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 697 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 622198818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5569 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 55834574882 (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 4664334484429 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5272743697 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39891506453	87.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 150 Mixed 139 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 114%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 708GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 145 Write 87 Mixed 76.9 120% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 49%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 676GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 105 Write 95.1 Mixed 79.1 116% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 48%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 670GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 72.6 Write 72.3 Mixed 60.5 87% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 48%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 79GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 50.2 Write 72.6 Mixed 47.8 76% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.17 48% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47.4% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 23.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 8.9 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 177 23% 177 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 101%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16