MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	26.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	215% 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	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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 03 '17 at 14:00
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 292 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 796 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1737 MHz, MLim: 1824 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.8% Poor	Lighting 15.9 Reflection 134 Parallax 120 13% 90 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 119 Splatting 0.17 54% 74.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,658 Write 1,108 Mixed 1,395 308% 1,387 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 34.1 208% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 541 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 35 140% 316 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 283%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 148GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1192 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 449 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 167 (F1) Unknown 99 99 284326857	90.7% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 274 Mixed 280 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 29.7 142% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 71 106% 202 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 230944208 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 386143 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 642 (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 73 57 572194843 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4692 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 77309411355 (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 -115848152873738 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1163480503 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9251341329	107% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 177 Mixed 178 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Generic- Multi-Card 2GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Read 20.1 Write 10.2 Mixed 10.9 16% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.35 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.39 40% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 7%

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 @ 2176 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.1% 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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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