MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 23:02
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 264 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 588 65% 512 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371D) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2395 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 69.7 66% 76.5 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 74.4 63% 78 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4342007 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -80599356271892 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 67 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 47 60132622366 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 60132622366 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4342007 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4342007 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4342007 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 25769803777 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8197 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6493 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6493 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7885	72.9% Very good	Read 511 Write 187 Mixed 263 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 15.7 118% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 32.5 62% 120 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 84%
Samsung HD103SI 120GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (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 1039 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1043 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 124 (A3) Unknown 100 100 6 (A4) Unknown 100 100 121249 (A5) Unknown 100 100 123 (A6) Unknown 100 100 19 (A7) Unknown 100 100 63 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 94 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 149 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 233393 (F2) Unknown 100 100 325763 (F5) Unknown 100 100 242498	119% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 458 Mixed 485 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 48.4 186% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 33.5 100% 213 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 223GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 169 1708 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 799 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3759 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5745 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 34 (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	83.3% Excellent	Read 139 Write 152 Mixed 130 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.33 115% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 97%

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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	2,463x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,154x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	857x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	278x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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