MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '15 at 13:28
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 710 77% 609 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% 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. 10.18.13.5906 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 82 Parallax 73.2 66% 78.9 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 66.2 59% 73 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 207GB free Firmware: HTGAN102 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 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2248 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 1112403718196 (AE) Unknown 199 199 4297195310 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 737 (C2) HDA temperature 74 64 154620002330 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 202589 (F2) Unknown 100 100 310173 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	105% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 470 Mixed 498 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.8 134% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 15.6 96% 222 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 15 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 69 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 84972335	88.6% Excellent	Read 505 Write 482 Mixed 501 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 17.8 126% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 91.4 DQ Mixed 16.1 25% 44.5 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 124%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 8116 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4325 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1928 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 571 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6957 (C2) HDA temperature 120 114 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.2% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 115 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 27.9 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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