MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.1% 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	319% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 12:41
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 703 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36E1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Lighting 74.7 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 65 61% 70.8 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 65.4 Splatting 57.7 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,748 Write 1,414 Mixed 1,491 414% 1,884 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 217 4K Mixed 53.7 278% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,034 DQ Write 788 DQ Mixed 281 381% 701 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 254%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 119GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^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 21335 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2099 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 169 (AE) Unknown 100 100 238 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14817744586515 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 82 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	66.9% Good	Read 494 Write 191 Mixed 275 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 6.46 110% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 7.42 36% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 72%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 106GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^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 11929 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 45 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2590 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 43 244814053407 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3882478504 (F7) Unknown 100 100 122702358 (F8) Unknown 100 100 366749257	106% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 398 Mixed 414 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 36 156% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 64.9 112% 221 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$91 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 317GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 129 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5534 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2094 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5309 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.1% Average	Read 71.2 Write 89.1 Mixed 79.4 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.17 85% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 87%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 261GB free, PID 1042 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.3% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 117%

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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