MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1804 x 1014 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 01:25
Run Duration	354 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 184 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 259 32% 246 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.5% Good	Lighting 49.4 Reflection 155 Parallax 133 40% 112 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 141 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2986 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 149 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 66 62 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18179957270	77.6% Very good	Read 470 Write 165 Mixed 213 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 27.9 124% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 73.5 103% 196 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 134%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 119GB free Firmware: 5.4.1 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 4115827 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -138821932932794 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 790 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 1005025296414 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4115827 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4115827 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4115827 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10332 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6237 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6237 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7186	66.9% Good	Read 510 Write 144 Mixed 203 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 16 109% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 46.4 61% 110 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 892GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6015 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1127 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5902 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 26 (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	98.3% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 162 Mixed 136 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.35 126% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	5.83% Terrible	Read 27.6 Write 4.41 Mixed 5.89 12% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.61 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.003 14% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.83% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,442 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 79.1 50% 79.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 112%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	851x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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