MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	146% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	30 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 17:20
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 640 71% 562 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 111 94% 116 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.1 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC WDS512G1X0C- 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,494 Write 489 Mixed 545 183% 842 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 14.5 128% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 568 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 48.2 142% 314 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 153%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 217GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 98 98 6474 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 661 (B1) Unknown 96 96 66 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 35 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27565332853	116% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 406 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 48.5 185% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 120 143% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 639GB free Firmware: MN6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 87 (03) Spinup time 203 203 34375795007 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2590 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13283 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 283468431393 (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 200 200 0	57.2% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 102 Mixed 89.6 72% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 85%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 16GB 2,114 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	6.98% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 4.48 Mixed 8.22 11% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.47 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.006 45% 2.66 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 105%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,480 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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