MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	84.5% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '16 at 17:43
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 426 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7976) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.58% Terrible	Lighting 6.97 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 6.91 6% 7.98 fps	MRender 8.29 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 14.3 8% 9.59 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.58% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 240GB-$80 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 210 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 223 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1441798 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 4295360516 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2026 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850526238 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3025517824 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5867898880 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1900645482 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2457399023	84.5% Excellent	Read 473 Write 416 Mixed 455 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 17.1 100% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 27.5 81% 173 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 113%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 99GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2032 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 551 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (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 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 91 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6979841636	54.6% Above average	Read 393 Write 76.9 Mixed 114 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 10.8 88% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 28.8 68% 147 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 85%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 701GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 177 6741 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3419 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2120 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 205086 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.2% Average	Read 68.3 Write 85.7 Mixed 73.9 57% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.24 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 57%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 290GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3472 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9144 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1389 (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 1613 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 701 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 219044249635 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 27 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1405	58.5% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 109 Mixed 92.4 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.43 106% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB-$74 9,729 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 87%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

Battleship

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