MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 04:49
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 256 95% 167 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 644 71% 560 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 149 Parallax 127 114% 139 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14019 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2257 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 115 (AE) Unknown 100 100 418 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 48 223339544610 (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 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 50050608405 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1580282575 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2853383370	102% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 477 Mixed 467 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 33.7 142% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 50.6 88% 167 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 272GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1334 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 27 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1787251914	110% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 411 Mixed 422 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 45.2 166% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 122 140% 243 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 55GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4759206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 95511482754308 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2661 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1196 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 67 77313802273 (C2) HDA temperature 33 67 77313802273 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4759206 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4759206 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4759206 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4899 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2318 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2318 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9791	73.9% Very good	Read 521 Write 144 Mixed 190 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 18.4 127% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 45 69% 131 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 861GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 267 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 696 (C2) HDA temperature 107 102 36 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 158 Mixed 159 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.34 125% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 355GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 854 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2361 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 33 (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	94.6% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 149 Mixed 127 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C14-8GTZ 04CD F4-3200C14-8GTZ 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 32.3 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% 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	1,670x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	359x
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 $76Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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