MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	110% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 17:35
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 708 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% 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 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 156 Parallax 135 109% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 117 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct480bx2 0 480GB 366 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 48 (A3) Unknown 100 100 542 (94) Unknown 100 100 28723 (95) Unknown 100 100 412 (96) Unknown 100 100 256 (97) Unknown 100 100 388 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6091 (A5) Unknown 100 100 53 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29807645622296 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 75031 (F2) Unknown 100 100 36821 (F5) Unknown 100 100 71949 (F6) Unknown 100 100 114892 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	110% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 445 Mixed 482 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 46.3 160% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 81.9 116% 214 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 361GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80000744 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 344727639 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3100 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471007260 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 31 80000744 (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 -135785391041627 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1065650375 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4250522867	59.7% Above average	Read 112 Write 96.2 Mixed 85 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.32 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 68%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 694GB free, PID a006 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 95.7 Write 100 Mixed 21.7 86% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 26.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 95%

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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	1,675x
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	366x
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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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