MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '16 at 17:13
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 428 54% 409 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 559GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 272 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 69 55 193274642463 (F1) Unknown 100 100 40089	81.4% Excellent	Read 516 Write 355 Mixed 357 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 9.66 96% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 44.3 96% 198 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 103%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11416751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 111789408780358 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 52 60132950048 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 60132950048 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11416751 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11416751 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11416751 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963446 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5046315	55.8% Above average	Read 478 Write 162 Mixed 249 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 12.2 78% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 33.8 43% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 85%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 644GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 134 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 173 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 733 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	65.3% Good	Read 128 Write 99.6 Mixed 94.9 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 87%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 118GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 135 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9375 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8899 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9375 (C2) HDA temperature 102 96 41 (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	41.2% Average	Read 61.6 Write 81.7 Mixed 54.1 49% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.33 77% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 58%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 29GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 41.8 Write 22 Mixed 18.2 31% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.19 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.84 83% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 30.9 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 26.8 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 118%

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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	1,675x
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 $45	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