MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	112% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 17:46
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 737 77% 620 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B E144) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 11 Parallax 12.9 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.6 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5884 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1568 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (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 46 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11110964280	112% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 410 Mixed 413 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 44.5 176% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 110 130% 228 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 661GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135592438 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 394070664 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4747 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163920 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 41 3651277291553 (C2) HDA temperature 33 59 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 15 135592438 (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 123836792081518 (F1) Unknown 100 253 190898356 (F2) Unknown 100 253 467315415	45.2% Average	Read 72.4 Write 85.3 Mixed 88.8 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 2x4GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 80%

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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	1,671x
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	364x
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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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