MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 10:33
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	21%

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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 648 68% 543 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 38.9 38% 43.4 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 36.7 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9796 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 149 (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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28008387572	104% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 399 Mixed 413 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 32.7 157% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 117 133% 228 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Mushkin MKNSSDCR180GB 180GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 110GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3723245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 11295764015389 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1219 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 362 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 59 42953539622 (C2) HDA temperature 38 59 42953539622 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3723245 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3723245 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3723245 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5583 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5469 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5469 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8825	74.5% Very good	Read 486 Write 124 Mixed 128 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 18.3 132% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 82.6 98% 173 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 72%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 110GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 13898514192651 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1307 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 334 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 49 42952884262 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 42952884262 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16314 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9118 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9118 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6997	69.8% Good	Read 486 Write 173 Mixed 216 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 18.3 106% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 66.1 84% 154 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 84%
Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016)-$105 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 100 20393928 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3508 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 743038 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 65 555548705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3508 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 64424509473 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 148 Mixed 136 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%
Samsung HD105SI 1TB 5,813 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 353GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 75 74 7646 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10423 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21882 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1390 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5855 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 206159151136 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 61 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 197054	58.6% Above average	Read 84.6 Write 119 Mixed 107 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.46 113% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 106%

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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 $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	64x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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