MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22% 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	128% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '16 at 16:28
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 265 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 644 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PwrHis(1787 2343) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 27 Parallax 34.2 21% 29.1 fps	MRender 26.6 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 34.2 24% 28.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 327GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 179 100 179 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17182752799 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 42 180389871655 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21474836485 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 900 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1312 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1038 (F2) Unknown 253 253 649 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 490 Write 313 Mixed 314 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 17.7 114% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 38.4 81% 171 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 107%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,215 Write 449 Mixed 714 174% 793 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 29.3 125% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 488 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 103 129% 240 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 243%
OCZ SOLID3 60GB 1,153 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 6GB free Firmware: 2.13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 -88081189282916 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2779 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 627 (B1) Unknown 0 0 16 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19499 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20352 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20352 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29629	42.2% Average	Read 200 Write 73.4 Mixed 89.4 26% 121 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 14.2 92% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 74.4 DQ Write 56.3 DQ Mixed 21.3 28% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 50%
MD05000-BQDW-RO 500GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 134 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3727 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3124 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 924 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2803 (C2) HDA temperature 105 85 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 120 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 74%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 245GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 200 200 63 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4563 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3796 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 655 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3907 (C2) HDA temperature 104 87 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70% Good	Read 119 Write 125 Mixed 119 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.43 96% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.5 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 26.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 96%

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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	360x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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