MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% 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 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% 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	84.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 06:32
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 698 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 99.7 90% 108 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 80.2 72% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11827 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17257202626 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 42 (A9) Unknown 100 100 591 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 137 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 63 270584315941 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2516886225482 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7838 (EA) Unknown 100 100 19724 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14158 (F2) Unknown 253 253 31524 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 500 Write 351 Mixed 335 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 13.5 114% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 12.8 70% 164 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 108%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 5.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 134 134 38687015404 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4971 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9193 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 261994381355 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 187 Mixed 170 137% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.18 98% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 120%
WD My Passport 0740 750GB 472 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 319GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 70.8 Write 71.1 Mixed 62.5 87% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.12 36% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 22.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 86%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $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	64x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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