MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.9% 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	325% 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.

Run History

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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 14:33
Run Duration	344 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 746 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 65.6 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 59.4 54% 64.2 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 56.7 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 488GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4593 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1245 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 142 (A3) Unknown 100 100 57 (A4) Unknown 100 100 102773 (A5) Unknown 100 100 123 (A6) Unknown 100 100 16 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 475 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 463 (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 100 100 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 795072 (F2) Unknown 100 100 869807 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1644368	99.3% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 395 Mixed 440 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 34.1 138% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 70.7 111% 210 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 105%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	325% Outstanding	Read 3,042 Write 2,371 Mixed 2,382 578% 2,598 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 26 154% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 40.2 DQ Write 591 DQ Mixed 195 187% 276 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 325% Great: 182%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 219GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4148985 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -34462817580577 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 199 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 44 73017327643 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 73017327643 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4148985 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4148985 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4148985 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294966602 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2230 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2230 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2431 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6488163	68.2% Good	Read 477 Write 182 Mixed 214 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 11.2 107% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 44.8 70% 132 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 85%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 136GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 649 Write 301 Mixed 436 102% 462 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 13.3 96% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 3.63 49% 117 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 133%
Fujitsu MHW2160BH PL 160GB 757 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 149GB free Firmware: 0101 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 33.3 Mixed 36.2 27% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.24 62% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 26%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 149GB free Firmware: 0101 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 78 Write 75.7 Mixed 69.9 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.36 98% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 59%
WDC WD60 EZRZ-00RWYB1 6TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 133 Write 140 Mixed 131 175% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.29 107% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 62%
HGST HTS 721010A9E630 1TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 863GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 116 Write 122 Mixed 75.7 131% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 52%
Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 500GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 374GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 87.3 Write 81.8 Mixed 66.6 99% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.38 78% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 37%
WDC WD50 00AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 118GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 51.6 Write 51.4 Mixed 35.2 58% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 31.7 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	361x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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