MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	51.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 22:08
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 73 1-Core 106 2-Core 192 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 314 46% 334 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 44486584 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -130068789588065 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1029 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 153 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 37 55836999710 (C2) HDA temperature 30 37 55836999710 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 44486584 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 44486584 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 44486584 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11700 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4613 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4613 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6633 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4128802	51.6% Above average	Read 407 Write 111 Mixed 160 49% 226 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 13.8 82% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 84.9 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 27.1 41% 76.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 628GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1919 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1018 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 58 706215974 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4766 (C2) HDA temperature 105 101 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	94.8% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 155 Mixed 135 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.32 116% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 109%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 235GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3370 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9440 (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 97 97 13960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 16 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8360 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 98 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 49 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 554762273 (C2) HDA temperature 73 53 605093915 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 24604 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	42.2% Average	Read 74.3 Write 72.3 Mixed 69.3 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.32 101% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30% Poor	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 94.7 42% 94.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 42%

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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 $250Bench 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