MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 22:28
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 544 62% 482 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 82.3 54% 72.2 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 54.2 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 1TB-$77 2,710 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 744GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 956 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3211298 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1014 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 70 300649021497 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 38654705673 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 610 (EA) Unknown 100 100 750 (F1) Unknown 253 253 700 (F2) Unknown 253 253 725 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.7% Excellent	Read 498 Write 276 Mixed 281 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 21.8 111% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 42.3 88% 182 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 108%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 46 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 32 292058824754 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11226797543 (F7) Unknown 100 100 351975862 (F8) Unknown 100 100 203479351 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1242 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.9% Very good	Read 479 Write 275 Mixed 310 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 20.3 107% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 33.8 73% 149 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98119736 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 924 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17491433 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 686 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 56 48 739442732 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18592 (C2) HDA temperature 44 52 55834574892 (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 -82905753712529 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9822273407 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54163010532	94.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 156 Mixed 160 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

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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	322x
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	362x
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 $95Bench 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 $178	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