MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.4% 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	79.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160926
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 23:54
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 716 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 135 Parallax 116 101% 125 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 119 Splatting 98.6 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BA800G4 800GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 426GB free Firmware: G2010110 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4657 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1208 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4328860698 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 75 420544537 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 182986 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 71 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 268853 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 182986 (F2) Unknown 100 100 139167	106% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 446 Mixed 478 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 33.8 150% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 125 141% 241 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4721 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1227 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 33 33 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 74 57 184684314650 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1305492	79.8% Very good	Read 516 Write 351 Mixed 350 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 9.52 96% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 40.4 84% 175 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 95%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$52 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 150 11050 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2203 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1233 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2164 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 147 Write 150 Mixed 151 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.63 162% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 33.3 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32.1 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 119%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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