MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '15 at 04:30
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 166 2-Core 370 119% 268 Pts	4-Core 650 8-Core 901 98% 776 Pts	64-Core 902 56% 902 Pts
Poor: 70% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5850 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 74.8 68% 80.6 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 67.1 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 235GB free Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,031 Write 917 Mixed 1,154 300% 1,367 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 52.4 241% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 484 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 196 203% 337 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 243%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 171GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th 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 100 100 146 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 52 206158430252 (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 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1660060560 (F7) Unknown 100 100 51941828 (F8) Unknown 100 100 58742817	89.7% Excellent	Read 502 Write 268 Mixed 348 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 27.8 137% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 52.8 102% 204 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 91%
Patriot Pyro 60GB-$125 630 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 12029109 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 -25245817741817 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 25 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 47 77312491565 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12029109 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12029109 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12029109 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9241 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6918 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6918 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18489	43.3% Average	Read 205 Write 67.9 Mixed 99.7 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 15 99% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 10.6 19% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 51%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 623GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 39.8 Mixed 23.8 43% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 22%

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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 $242Bench 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 $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 $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

MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)