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MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

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Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.1% 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	255% 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	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	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 11:29
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 624 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2685 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.1% Below average	Lighting 27.2 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 51.1 22% 51.6 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 86.8 69% 83.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,286 Write 1,296 Mixed 1,440 369% 1,674 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 38.7 216% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 546 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 222 233% 388 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 283%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$150 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 147GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1400 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 511 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 60 56 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 187 (F1) Unknown 99 99 304371214	89.1% Excellent	Read 495 Write 274 Mixed 279 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 29.1 138% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 68.7 102% 196 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6670712 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1554 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 403658 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 704 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 639565862 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5303 (C2) HDA temperature 38 43 77309411366 (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 85109071938840 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1169041923 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9264605549	109% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 181 Mixed 169 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.23 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Generic- Multi-Card 2GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.31% Terrible	Read 20.1 Write 10.3 Mixed 11.4 16% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.34 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.39 40% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 20.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 113%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,633 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,777x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	342x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	181x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	392x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	383x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	191x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	87x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	66x

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