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 above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	61.6% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '17 at 13:30
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 549 59% 468 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8537) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8612250332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5523327944194 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 214 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 42 60132294681 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 60132294681 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 105 8612250332 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 105 105 8612250332 (CC) Soft ECC correction 105 105 8612250332 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4630 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4395 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4395 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6510 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4063265	61.6% Good	Read 420 Write 123 Mixed 162 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 16.7 111% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 36.3 49% 88.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 170 2133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 95 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 60 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 270 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 13 (F1) Unknown 200 200 958157603 (F2) Unknown 200 200 79589967	73% Very good	Read 127 Write 127 Mixed 130 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.17 39% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C13D4/8GX KHX2666C13D4/4GX KHX2666C13D4/4GX 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 71%

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Gaming 86%

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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	1,679x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	64x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16