MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% 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	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 01 '18 at 14:28
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 792 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 116 Parallax 96.9 88% 107 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 98.6 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 252GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	54% Above average	Read 422 Write 403 Mixed 294 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 5.69 41% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 17.6 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 6.71 8% 12.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 95%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 37GB free Firmware: PPG4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4060 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2301 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 200 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 26923 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0	58.8% Above average	Read 427 Write 195 Mixed 272 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 20.1 89% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 72 DQ Write 61.6 DQ Mixed 28.8 32% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 60%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 33GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6972 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 938 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 48 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 88 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15592857364	111% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 413 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.8 190% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 47.7 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 106 97% 141 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 27.4 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 27.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) Builds (Compare 2,474 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	1,671x
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