MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.06% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	241% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 02:41
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 123 2-Core 202 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 717 64% 541 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	5.06% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 6.96 Parallax 4.69 5% 5.82 fps	MRender 5.52 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 5.35 6% 7.13 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 5.06% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,482 Write 1,342 Mixed 1,436 386% 1,753 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 28.2 168% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 111 118% 194 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 338GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 190750119 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 989 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58386611 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4719 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 969 (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 63 554893344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1005 (C2) HDA temperature 32 9 38654705696 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 190750119 (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 5171140629089 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20439404790 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20659676878	74.8% Very good	Read 86.9 Write 174 Mixed 87 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1130 1TB 1,203 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 593GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 93.2 Write 98 Mixed 73.8 113% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.15 58% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 41%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 65GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 134 Write 70.3 Mixed 21.7 79% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.66 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.82 104% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 4,782 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 14.1 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 96%

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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	2,448x
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	850x
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 $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