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MSI Z170 GAMING 7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	118% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170 GAMING 7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 07:02
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 532 71% 531 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 67.4 53% 66.9 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 53.8 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung HD103SI 8 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 93GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2632 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 326 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 96 96 3687 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5508773194	135% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 502 Mixed 509 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 63.1 218% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 158 174% 293 MB/s
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 137%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8346 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2033 (B1) Unknown 96 96 65 (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 66 48 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 135964 (EB) Unknown 99 99 415 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31335704223	118% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 48.9 186% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 108 142% 257 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 170GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 135 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5558 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1486 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 700 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 87019 (C2) HDA temperature 120 89 23 (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	60.1% Good	Read 97.6 Write 111 Mixed 94.5 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.19 100% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 79%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 147GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 97 426 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1470 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 97 426 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 25 25 75 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 733 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 71 303169554 (C2) HDA temperature 81 69 319946771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 334856 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2893 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	38.1% Below average	Read 68.6 Write 64 Mixed 68.6 51% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2312, 2312, 2312 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 77%

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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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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