MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	228% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 07:53
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 527 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 52.5 34% 41.5 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 36 Splatting 36.2 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB-$797 250 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM01.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,348 Write 1,308 Mixed 1,113 349% 1,590 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 26.5 169% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 26.4 43% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 244%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 238GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,332 Write 1,335 Mixed 1,844 407% 1,837 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 38.2 228% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 59.5 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 38.2 82% 157 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 237%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 36GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (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 3282 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1367 (E8) Unknown 100 100 9850170238 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	103% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 368 Mixed 397 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 36.1 163% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 123 148% 258 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88522048 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4321165124 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2564 (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 68 52 22030581792 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30243 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 -140737488355296 (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 110737141796789 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17884206632 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19001848268	106% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 177 Mixed 176 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.33 101% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31.3 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 29.7 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 96%

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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	2,445x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,148x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	849x
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	300x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	269x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	242x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	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