MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 22:06
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 782 79% 639 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 150 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 122% 147 fps	Gravity 142 Splatting 111 110% 126 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 90GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7878 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 823 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7262191324	104% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 349 Mixed 353 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 41.4 164% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 109 129% 227 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 123%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 76GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23254 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2898 (B1) Unknown 95 95 154 (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 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 394 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24540143205	76% Very good	Read 509 Write 305 Mixed 386 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 20.2 96% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 63.9 80% 148 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 269 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18265 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2253 (B1) Unknown 55 55 540 (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 60 55 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 484 (F1) Unknown 99 99 198177673111	104% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 30.3 150% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 83.3 123% 232 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 123%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 209GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118828088 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 57305433 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1811 (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 56 52 739639340 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8726 (C2) HDA temperature 44 48 60129542188 (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 -19812684122627 (F1) Unknown 100 253 65575913420 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1041795721892	79.4% Very good	Read 153 Write 123 Mixed 96.1 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.51 175% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA HDWE150 5TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 179 Write 174 Mixed 133 204% 162 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.28 130% 4.71 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 80%
ST4000VX 007-2DT166 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 46GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 177 Write 135 Mixed 113 172% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 115%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	360x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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