MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.8% 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	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '17 at 08:25
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 752 71% 589 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 112 Parallax 96.1 94% 108 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 49GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17712 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 209 (AE) Unknown 100 100 580 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 696 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 977 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4014087339 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5204245612	48.7% Average	Read 445 Write 294 Mixed 299 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 6.5 41% 11.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 11 DQ Mixed 5.1 9% 17.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 56%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 46GB free Firmware: 04MH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 97 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4096 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18185 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1680 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 79 79 642 (AE) Unknown 100 100 207 (B5) Unknown 100 100 21943163095428 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 282 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3782 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 16 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 79 79 21 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 478 Write 244 Mixed 325 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 5.68 92% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 6.16 32% 73.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 74%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (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 3436 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 57 184684511267 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14986965964 (F7) Unknown 100 100 469116902 (F8) Unknown 100 100 225445779 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1928 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.8% Excellent	Read 483 Write 341 Mixed 337 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 26.6 108% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 45.8 82% 162 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDS724020ALE640 2TB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 387GB free Firmware: MJ6OA5K0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 1048576 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 99 (03) Spinup time 142 142 38685507994 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 884 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 884 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 223339282469 (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 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 89.5 Mixed 114 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 87%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 312GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 160 6741 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21663 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21663 (C2) HDA temperature 115 93 35 (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	37.2% Below average	Read 78.3 Write 50.9 Mixed 71.5 51% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 32.9 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 33.1 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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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	2,458x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	853x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	277x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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