MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 16:45
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 157 2-Core 321 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 600 80% 599 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Asus(1043 84A9) 3GB CLim: 1433 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 74 Parallax 95 63% 82.3 fps	MRender 85.5 Gravity 86.1 Splatting 55.8 60% 75.8 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10365 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14363 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2857 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1469 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 991 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 367191 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 3100 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 11347574 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 367191 (F2) Unknown 100 100 547658	45.6% Average	Read 256 Write 128 Mixed 169 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 16.5 76% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 61.7 DQ Mixed 28.9 42% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 7968 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2980 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 34462309047 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2795 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4288348518 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 4295491830 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 911 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3023 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 17179869213 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 11 7968 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.9% Good	Read 119 Write 125 Mixed 95.5 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.71 129% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB 2,627 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 25.9 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 27 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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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	323x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $897

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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