MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	308% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 15:03
Run Duration	464 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (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 i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 262 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 682 73% 580 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 158 Parallax 146 123% 152 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 146 Splatting 117 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 327GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4730 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 507 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 46 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 266 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20454629307	112% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 407 Mixed 413 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 47.9 177% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 133 138% 229 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,829 Write 1,771 Mixed 1,877 477% 2,159 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 60.4 223% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 429 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 178 196% 330 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 294GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 3896 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 999 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 1808 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 98425232 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 996 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 44 9095151646 (C2) HDA temperature 30 56 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 28 3896 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -14499809588413 (F1) Unknown 100 253 61524680 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2864381150	59.1% Above average	Read 94 Write 112 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.56 96% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 88%
JetFlash TS2GJFV30 2GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	2.53% Terrible	Read 6.29 Write 3.68 Mixed 1.04 4% 3.67 MB/s	4K Read 3.21 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 13% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.53% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 24.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 91%

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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 $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) $35	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