MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	228% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '16 at 18:13
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 290 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 789 84% 668 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.3% 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 3702) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 154 Parallax 139 120% 147 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 146 Splatting 116 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 185GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 2999357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 79568564140560 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3561 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 471 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2999357 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2999357 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2999357 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5150 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5171 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5171 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8609	59.9% Above average	Read 188 Write 192 Mixed 147 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 16.4 115% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 43.3 67% 125 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 66%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,905 Write 1,102 Mixed 1,222 311% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 53.8 203% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 618 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 264 258% 416 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 114GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5232 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5628 (B1) Unknown 97 97 77 (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 77 56 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 337 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19215131475	104% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 426 Mixed 492 106% 478 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 26.3 143% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 80.7 130% 249 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 29GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4467 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4788 (B1) Unknown 97 97 92 (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 78 56 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 278 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29178699463	89.1% Excellent	Read 490 Write 246 Mixed 307 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 23.6 141% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 76.4 118% 226 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 116%
Toshiba MD04ACA50D 5TB 209 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 11036 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 451 (0A) Spinup retry count 110 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 339 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 737 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864314905 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 358 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 195 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	76.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 128 Mixed 121 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.42 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.35 136% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 892GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7060 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2461 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3123 (0A) Spinup retry count 149 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2237 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2936 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4802 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044315163 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2343 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 303 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	73.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 125 Mixed 120 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.48 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.32 133% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 397 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 32.3 106% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 32.5 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

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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	1,675x
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 $90Bench 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