MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	46.2% 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	94.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 16:21
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 769 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.2% Average	Lighting 55.4 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 75 45% 65.6 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 55.9 Splatting 55.5 48% 59.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5153 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3241 (B1) Unknown 97 97 28 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2220 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18349152763	94.7% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 353 Mixed 356 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 23.3 141% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 14.9 79% 181 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 118%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 100GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th 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 100 100 700 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 108 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 61 167504642072 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2673021705 (F7) Unknown 100 100 83597786 (F8) Unknown 100 100 45058402 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1947 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	75.4% Very good	Read 485 Write 343 Mixed 238 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 13.6 95% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 20.1 57% 121 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 30.4 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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

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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	1,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $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	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