MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.5% 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	115% 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	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150728
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 21:31
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 234 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 670 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E329) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 54.3 Parallax 98.8 62% 76.2 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 75 Splatting 71.1 56% 67.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6887 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1847 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 39 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 62 (EB) Unknown 99 99 114 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20314126362	115% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 402 Mixed 417 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 49.3 180% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 120 143% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 406GB free Firmware: CC44 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 111 99 31898953 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5658 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 86468599757 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5659 (B7) Unknown 93 93 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 554696736 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 42949672992 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 25 31898953 (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 57539676906428 (F1) Unknown 100 253 636601709 (F2) Unknown 100 253 920133474	63.4% Good	Read 119 Write 102 Mixed 95.3 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.49 112% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 1x8GB 4,896 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 52%

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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	1,671x
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