MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.3% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160921
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '16 at 21:27
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 497 67% 498 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 2140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 11 Parallax 12.8 12% 12.9 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.7 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 931GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.8% Poor	Read 236 Write 212 Mixed 196 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 0.7 8% 3.98 MB/s	DQ Read 1.01 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 2.54 3% 4.69 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 382%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -115955526146601 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 428 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 422 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 422 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 206860 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 206860 (F2) Unknown 100 100 167340 (F9) Unknown 100 100 10470	79.8% Very good	Read 470 Write 171 Mixed 262 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 20.5 137% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 75 103% 191 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 360GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 164 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2341 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (10) Unknown 1 199 23608963456 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2290 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 30 (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	70.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 115 Mixed 115 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.21 102% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 0GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 115 Write 46.4 Mixed 49.2 76% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 1.09 91% 5.09 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 1,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 27.3 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 26.4 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 99%

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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	2,449x
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