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 (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	230% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	60.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 11:40
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 807 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.9% 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: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 206GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4457320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 85272280694814 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 6 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 40 85901967388 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 85901967388 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4457320 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4457320 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4457320 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962118 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3014682	78.1% Very good	Read 514 Write 189 Mixed 270 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 19.9 132% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 44.1 70% 132 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 84%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,050 Write 905 Mixed 1,133 299% 1,363 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 55.1 240% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 598 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 194 215% 371 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 243%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 134GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5370921 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -111179523419900 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6799 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 128 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 84 60135047195 (C2) HDA temperature 27 84 60135047195 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5370921 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5370921 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5370921 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4858 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6005 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6005 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4403	89.2% Excellent	Read 521 Write 223 Mixed 354 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 23.5 156% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 81.8 99% 172 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2550 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 26.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 26.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 122%

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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	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