MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	294% 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	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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 16:28
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 162 2-Core 326 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 615 8-Core 900 95% 758 Pts	64-Core 880 54% 880 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 84.7 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 77.3 69% 82.9 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 76.7 Splatting 68.7 61% 75.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,752 Write 1,776 Mixed 1,866 472% 2,132 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 41.9 234% 94.2 MB/s	DQ Read 56.7 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 252 162% 179 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188821664 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 801 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2494647 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 800 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 605552674 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23269 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 38654705698 (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 44319767539549 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3552830485 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4983064396	96.9% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 155 Mixed 152 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 114%
Seagate STM3250318AS 250GB 3,989 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 233GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87942789 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13024904 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2157 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 64425492500 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 437714970 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 42949672986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 25 87942789 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 31008 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25065429152664 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4145222022 (F2) Unknown 100 253 724569166	66% Good	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 108 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.66 135% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 91%

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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) $35	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