MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	218% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 08:55
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 711 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 377D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 141 Parallax 125 111% 134 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 106 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 213GB free Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11821145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -4380866622934 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2641 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 264 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 51542425626 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11821145 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11821145 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11821145 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20779 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15354 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15354 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19897	83.3% Excellent	Read 510 Write 225 Mixed 307 76% 348 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 25.6 132% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 77.3 99% 178 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 93%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2,284 Write 1,275 Mixed 1,406 365% 1,655 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 23.2 136% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 23.5 70% 140 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 210%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$26 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 925GB free Firmware: SN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 143672305 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7831 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 91 60 1514441720 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2890 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 124 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 52161937439 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7945 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 -140737488355297 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 3 143672305 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 14283	90.2% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 156 Mixed 140 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.64 177% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26.7 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 97%

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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	1,684x
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	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $690

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16