MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.3% 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	72.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '17 at 23:11
Run Duration	387 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 60.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 245 78% 146 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 223 50% 337 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.2% 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: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.3% Above average	Lighting 53.9 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 102 44% 75.4 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 87 74% 91.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 721GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3646 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 959 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19202298 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1086 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 39 167504642076 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 304944513095 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2064 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5139 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4652 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5348 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.2% Very good	Read 486 Write 339 Mixed 285 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 9.55 110% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 31.8 DQ Mixed 8.49 12% 21.8 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 107%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	5.27% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 2.8 Mixed 4.62 9% 9.73 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 24% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.27% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 20.1 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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