MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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	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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 17:04
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 700 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 142 Parallax 127 108% 134 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 134 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gost SSD240 240GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2018 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 449 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 209 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458781 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1916	98.5% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 493 Mixed 515 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 14.9 120% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 68.6 116% 224 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 98%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^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 1669 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 400 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 519 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327701 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 70 60 171799937054 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2568 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2183 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7143 (F4) Unknown 100 100 5 (F5) Unknown 100 100 21 (F6) Unknown 100 100 686080	95.2% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 489 Mixed 467 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 13.1 106% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 60.3 117% 234 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 94 71059480 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1235 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8910510778 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1185 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1001 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 521404446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4212 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 38654705694 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -121775207736721 (F1) Unknown 100 253 65189920286 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73758016403	92% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 151 Mixed 160 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3400820AS 400GB 872 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 322GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 143375659 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9936 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 551850245 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6185 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 605487139 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 60 4698503 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.5% Average	Read 73.7 Write 67.6 Mixed 71.2 53% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.36 75% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 95%

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Gaming 86%

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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	1,675x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
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	361x
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 $92Bench 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 $179	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