MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.6% 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	95.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 20 '16 at 07:18
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 634 62% 510 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.6% Average	Lighting 61.5 Reflection 67 Parallax 59.7 50% 62.8 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 52 49% 60.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 29 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 23 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 441237561	95.8% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 395 Mixed 411 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 33.7 152% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 50 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 22.6 52% 103 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 834GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 187294800 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 35 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 380857 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 555089950 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 176 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 94489280542 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 36554466656268 (F1) Unknown 100 253 376222644 (F2) Unknown 100 253 120354904930	111% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 189 Mixed 181 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3400 C16 Series 2x4GB 257 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 11.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 113%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,521 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,704x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-7700KIntel $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	373x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	369x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	187x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	126x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	65x

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