MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	91% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 00:51
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 792 85% 677 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 101 93% 112 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 106 Splatting 109 88% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1231 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 783 (B1) Unknown 99 99 54 (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 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17996160867	102% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 478 Mixed 483 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 25.4 150% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 25.3 67% 132 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 19GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 2035 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1477 (A8) Unknown 100 100 28732 (AA) Unknown 100 100 585 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3014756 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6553646 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 175 (C2) HDA temperature 72 60 171799740444 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 13753 (DA) Unknown 100 100 13753 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11554 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9304 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8326 (F4) Unknown 100 100 46 (F5) Unknown 100 100 100 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3148352	95.1% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 508 Mixed 514 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 13.1 122% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 13.7 63% 132 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 111%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2996 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3023 (B1) Unknown 92 92 96 (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 73 56 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 826 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16738343761	83.8% Excellent	Read 505 Write 262 Mixed 312 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 24.6 141% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 46.3 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 58.6 70% 115 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 15.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 57%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,484 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,677x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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	363x
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 $67Bench 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	84x
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 $269	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 $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