MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 21:16
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 760 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 188 Parallax 181 148% 184 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 178 Splatting 130 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV512 512GB 2,994 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 111GB free Firmware: BXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,625 Write 583 Mixed 784 218% 997 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 36.3 196% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 155 157% 237 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 173%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 64GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2260 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1034 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 334 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1113 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4792 (F1) Unknown 100 100 67881749175 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25257137302	48.5% Average	Read 444 Write 306 Mixed 305 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 9.43 4K Mixed 6.27 39% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 10.8 DQ Mixed 6.52 9% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 56%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11662 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1356 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 165 (AE) Unknown 100 100 171 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7627923456837 (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 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	62% Good	Read 490 Write 188 Mixed 272 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 4.69 97% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 84.4 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 3.76 29% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 72%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 5GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30374 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1671 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 320 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 15406161332028 (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 50 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 67 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	60.4% Good	Read 493 Write 109 Mixed 178 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 10.3 103% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 87.7 DQ Mixed 5.7 33% 76.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.3 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 27.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 118%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

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	2,450x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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