MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	101% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (57%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '16 at 13:29
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 239 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 671 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 123% 146 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 143 Splatting 111 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 480GB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM 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 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 43 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 908 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65540 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 167505297444 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 690 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 663 (F2) Unknown 100 100 506 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 182784	101% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 510 Mixed 500 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 13.3 130% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 13.5 90% 205 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 194488536 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 243719 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 44 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (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 73 69 487850011 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 228 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 73014444059 (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 -52686363820003 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1692969141 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1027580814	88.2% Excellent	Read 163 Write 145 Mixed 136 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 240GB free, PID 231b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 74.2 Write 75.4 Mixed 72 95% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.26 49% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 32.8 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 31.5 94% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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Gaming 86%

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	361x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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