MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.4% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 14:54
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$163 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 658 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 106 89% 111 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 91 79% 97.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 614GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 676 Write 632 Mixed 351 123% 553 MB/s	4K Read 2.07 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 1 10% 4.46 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 9.77 DQ Mixed 2.63 4% 8.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 69%
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 139 1 1450 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8568 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1650 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 0 38657851423 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 84 1 1450 (E7) Temperature 86 86 15 (EA) Unknown 100 100 111118 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18272 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22696 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 6746835	93.4% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 400 Mixed 425 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 27.1 120% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 82.9 126% 238 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 97%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 569GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 80GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 187 Write 25.1 Mixed 48.4 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 90%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,709x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	328x
Core i7-7700KIntel $228Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	373x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	370x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	187x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	127x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	85x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	65x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $763

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