MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 06:23
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 192 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 490 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 102 Parallax 85.5 76% 93.3 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 86.2 Splatting 91.1 72% 88 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 814GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 41 Write 41.7 Mixed 41.1 31% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.18 58% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 596GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201537024 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1496 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 355082855 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1490 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032837 (BD) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 605421600 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3291 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 42949672992 (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 94326071770962 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29851819915 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42599589251	88.4% Excellent	Read 163 Write 145 Mixed 149 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.35 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 115%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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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 $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 $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