MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Sail boat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 19.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	49.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 11:56
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Memory 29.1 1-Core 20.7 2-Core 36 18% 28.6 Pts	4-Core 55.5 8-Core 84.3 9% 69.9 Pts	64-Core 67 4% 67 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 97.3 38% 67.7 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 84.4 Splatting 83.8 70% 85.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6916 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 948 (B1) Unknown 97 97 60 (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 51 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 83 83 16339 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35354820961	66.4% Good	Read 490 Write 390 Mixed 410 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 14.8 71% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 59.4 DQ Mixed 15.2 20% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 207GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232492944 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1731 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 354946181 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1749 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 166 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 640024614 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13083 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 81604378662 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 55 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 135484743368964 (F1) Unknown 100 253 86738419134 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80073853022	74.3% Very good	Read 104 Write 154 Mixed 115 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.55 182% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	36.9% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 16.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 5.4 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 260 15% 260 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,671x
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) $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