MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	43.5% 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	78.8% 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 20:44
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33% Below average	Memory 49.7 1-Core 25.6 2-Core 49.6 28% 41.6 Pts	4-Core 89.3 8-Core 140 14% 115 Pts	64-Core 143 9% 143 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.5% Average	Lighting 50 Reflection 62 Parallax 58.9 41% 57 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 58.2 Splatting 52.2 49% 60.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5313 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 876 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9814956457	78.8% Very good	Read 499 Write 404 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 26.3 100% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 35.8 40% 67.7 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 122%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132204808 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 841 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35724056 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 877 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 69 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3062 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (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 -59996398153130 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10109610309 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50386925646	88.2% Excellent	Read 109 Write 198 Mixed 117 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.86 226% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.3 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 162 25% 162 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 112%

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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	1,668x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	363x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	358x
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 $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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