MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	50.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	272% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 06:02
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 833 89% 707 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 957 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Lighting 62.6 Reflection 57.5 Parallax 76.9 51% 65.6 fps	MRender 56.7 Gravity 51.2 Splatting 72.3 50% 60 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4241359 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18262200943055 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 50 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 52 1013615689755 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 1013615689755 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4241359 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4241359 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4241359 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962067 (EA) Unknown 0 0 189 (F1) Unknown 0 0 189 (F2) Unknown 0 0 239	76.6% Very good	Read 513 Write 197 Mixed 224 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 19.3 127% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 10.5 50% 111 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,795 Write 1,068 Mixed 1,272 374% 1,711 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 38.2 239% 92.8 MB/s	DQ Read 647 DQ Write 494 DQ Mixed 236 267% 459 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 529GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 63 24753905 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1091057 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1050 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 470810651 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1240 (C2) HDA temperature 27 9 38654705691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 3 24753905 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73452530699170 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1208626159 (F2) Unknown 100 253 684696017	87.5% Excellent	Read 148 Write 157 Mixed 130 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.31 92% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 365GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 135 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5587 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 876 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5382 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 30 (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 26 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.9% Good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 112 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.29 99% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 32.7 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 45.4 SC Mixed 32.6 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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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 $92Bench 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 $178	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