MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 30% Raft


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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	318% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '17 at 07:04
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 810 85% 680 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.6% 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: 1630 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.4% Poor	Lighting 33.3 Reflection 38.4 Parallax 31.2 27% 34.3 fps	MRender 47.5 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 43.4 34% 41.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7100Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	318% Outstanding	Read 2,800 Write 1,554 Mixed 1,772 450% 2,042 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 76.5 276% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 613 DQ Write 531 DQ Mixed 227 265% 457 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 318% Great: 306%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5GB free Firmware: R112 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6224373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 13134010005247 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3023 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2940 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 3825 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 55837392923 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6224373 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 24 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6224373 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6224373 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14251 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19165 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19165 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25245	91.7% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 253 Mixed 325 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 24 154% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 67.1 97% 182 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 588GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9653 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3770 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9349 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 32 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 91 91 7215 (F1) Unknown 200 200 14433191388 (F2) Unknown 200 200 15786644336	52.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 82.2 Mixed 91 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.43 102% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2720 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 95%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,680x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16