MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	44.4% 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	19.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	0.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150728
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '15 at 16:04
Run Duration	572 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 102 2-Core 183 66% 142 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 338 42% 322 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 43% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.4% Average	Lighting 56 Reflection 48.1 Parallax 61.4 46% 55.2 fps	MRender 64.6 Gravity 46 Splatting 46 42% 52.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G3LC709B121-460P 120GB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 43746187 (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4372276711342 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1651 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1096 (B1) Unknown 0 0 88 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 90197327904 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 43746187 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 43746187 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 43746187 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 78 78 34359738368 (E9) Unknown 0 0 88008 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6478 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6478 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4604	19.7% Very poor	Read 461 Write 2.94 Mixed 7.09 33% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 1.1 4% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 617GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30117533 (03) Spinup time 100 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 410731846 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1733 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 390 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 690159651 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 90194313251 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 21 30117533 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -69045894231470 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1725416730 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4244751964	48.7% Average	Read 79.5 Write 90.1 Mixed 82.6 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 70%
USB 2.0 Flash Drive 4GB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Read 19.7 Write 5.07 Mixed 7.03 11% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.36 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 17% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 6%

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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 $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

MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)