MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	83% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 23:56
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 740 78% 622 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% 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 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 150 Parallax 125 120% 141 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 142 Splatting 110 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th 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 100 100 353 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 34 283469152306 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1090081355 (F7) Unknown 100 100 34181532 (F8) Unknown 100 100 8465747 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1944 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83% Excellent	Read 482 Write 314 Mixed 322 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 22 113% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 34.5 84% 178 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 64 8407087 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 179 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 246960 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -201863462552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (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 72 64 487850012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 381 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 81604378652 (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 45685567127561 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3660764 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4746323	99.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 164 Mixed 142 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.27 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 344GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174261568 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 463719480 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1602 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065689 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 538181663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35671 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 64424509471 (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 126521146631152 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -11854897198783 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61466159825990	89.6% Excellent	Read 160 Write 152 Mixed 147 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.34 106% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 328GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 43404584 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4608 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 8601954673 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 659 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 198123454495 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40605 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 -140737488355297 (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 129317170322591 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14389690552 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8865732428	94% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 150 Mixed 159 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 113%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 219GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 51579912808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1075 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1075 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 214749544482 (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	77.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 129 Mixed 96 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 32.6 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 32.3 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

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	2,451x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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