MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	251% 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	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 (33%). 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	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '17 at 13:21
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	33%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 247 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 696 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 211 Parallax 188 158% 198 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 191 Splatting 130 123% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,339 Write 1,313 Mixed 1,630 389% 1,761 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 53.8 190% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 513 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 175 194% 334 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 211%
Corsair Neutron GTX SSD 244GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 226GB free Firmware: M311 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 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2653 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 0 85902819365 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 77 77 24 (EA) Unknown 100 100 287179 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18892 (F2) Unknown 100 100 40995 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 496158	100% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 441 Mixed 339 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 31.8 128% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 75.4 121% 232 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
Patriot Wildfire 120GB-$91 279 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 18GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 5424457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 -34368328281393 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3829 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 226 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 56 1095220330530 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5424457 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5424457 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5424457 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9181 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7033 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7033 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10956	76.8% Very good	Read 515 Write 173 Mixed 257 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 18.8 120% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 70.5 100% 187 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 9250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4104 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 6949270586756 (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 94 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	52% Above average	Read 501 Write 195 Mixed 281 71% 326 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 11.9 57% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 13.8 25% 51.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 72%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 415GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6126 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3934 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 348 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 111 111 269078 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 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 1	42.6% Average	Read 75.6 Write 72.5 Mixed 61.9 52% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 67%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 56GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8575 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7273 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2948 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7035 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 38 (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	52.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 77.5 Mixed 89 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.47 126% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 31.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 27.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 117%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $963

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 $46

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