MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	95.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '16 at 01:03
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 683 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 122% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 144 Splatting 112 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 960GB-$462 185 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 557GB free Firmware: SAFM01.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1933 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 637 (11) Unknown 100 100 122 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2087 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196621 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4086 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3599	99.4% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 508 Mixed 502 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 12.2 116% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 12.6 98% 226 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 109%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6827 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2699 (B1) Unknown 93 93 79 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 309 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18859549789	95.1% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 345 Mixed 335 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 24.3 141% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 66.8 113% 223 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2800 CL15 8GB 2x8GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.9% 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	2,449x
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 $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