MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% 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	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	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	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	17.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 21:34
Run Duration	421 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 697 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 117 Parallax 96.6 81% 104 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 104 82% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,008 Write 1,285 Mixed 1,390 346% 1,561 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 38.2 195% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 387 DQ Mixed 32.3 103% 218 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 283%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 210GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 164 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 72 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 61469 (A5) Unknown 100 100 90 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 58 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 12781 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 283071 (F2) Unknown 100 100 37189 (F5) Unknown 100 100 491752	97.8% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 361 Mixed 424 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 35.2 140% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 70.6 111% 209 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 103%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 216 216 38675874046 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1338 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6056 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6056 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 231929348128 (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	84% Excellent	Read 149 Write 143 Mixed 108 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.33 109% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 82%
WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1TB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 38.1 Mixed 25 42% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1TB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 39.4 Write 39.6 Mixed 38.2 50% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.43 70% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 19%
USB DISK 1GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID ef18, Udisk Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	4.83% Terrible	Read 16.8 Write 4.88 Mixed 6.52 10% 9.39 MB/s	4K Read 5.27 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 22% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 4.83% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.6% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 81%

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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	1,685x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16