MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	171% 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.

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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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '18 at 00:41
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 541 69% 520 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1635 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 71.8 65% 77.2 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 67.1 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 208GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15577 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2801 (B1) Unknown 93 93 226 (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 77 57 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 522 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28962000462	81.7% Excellent	Read 504 Write 347 Mixed 425 94% 426 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 24.2 106% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 71 83% 149 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 86%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 156GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 77 54 197569019927 (F1) Unknown 100 100 109221	76.3% Very good	Read 514 Write 354 Mixed 353 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 9.77 101% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 41.5 58% 101 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 101%
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,731 Write 568 Mixed 857 230% 1,052 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 32.7 209% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 53.5 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 31.1 57% 107 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 214%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 462GB free, PID a20c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 77.1 Write 75.5 Mixed 74.1 97% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 44%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 64GB-$13 1,615 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 60GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	9.93% Terrible	Read 38.2 Write 5.26 Mixed 22.5 23% 22 MB/s	4K Read 4.61 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.52 59% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.93% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2720 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 30.2 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 27.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 88%

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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 $250Bench 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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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