MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	11.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 15:53
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 235 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 690 65% 538 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 61.3 56% 66.4 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 63.8 Splatting 53.6 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 47GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28441 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1093 (B1) Unknown 82 82 180 (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 74 51 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 229 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1812708435	69.4% Good	Read 506 Write 129 Mixed 131 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 10.3 111% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 28.9 74% 163 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 73%
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^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 13074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 520 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 318 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11731158 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (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 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13634 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11311 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2405 (F4) Unknown 100 100 179 (F5) Unknown 100 100 214 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6407808 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 10562	74.3% Very good	Read 497 Write 313 Mixed 379 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 9.15 98% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 21.1 60% 126 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 82%
Samsung HD400LJ 400GB-$85 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 132GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8128 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5506 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 63850 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2154 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 30 (C2) HDA temperature 148 82 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 46941645 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 56	40.6% Average	Read 68.6 Write 72.6 Mixed 68.2 53% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.33 77% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 41%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 80GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9150 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7557 (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 95 95 22796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1158 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 60 453967894 (C2) HDA temperature 77 57 453967895 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 43837474 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 102 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	35.6% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 63 Mixed 54.3 45% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.6% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 113%

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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	1,674x
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	365x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x

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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 $15	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