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MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Boot Drive	107% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '15 at 17:08
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 169 2-Core 322 112% 245 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 818 90% 711 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 70% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5598 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 69.8 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 59.2 57% 65.6 fps	Gravity 9.63 Splatting 12.4 10% 11 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Z-DRIVE 4500 800GB 745GB free Firmware: 3.22 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 23338295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 70712341564084 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (0D) Soft read error rate 45 45 49920428219703 (64) Unknown 0 0 2659 (AA) Unknown 0 0 68576 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 28 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 65 94493540407 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23338295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 32122060406784 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23338295 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23338295 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 264 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2310 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1464 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1464 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6961

OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 223GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1399 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80509776 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 31 (D2) Unknown 100 100 33 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1222 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4939 (F9) Unknown 100 100 50334103	108% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 496 Mixed 458 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 30.8 141% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 88.4 138% 262 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 223GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2238 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80198480 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 10 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 545 (F2) Unknown 100 100 37658 (F9) Unknown 100 100 30264895	98.8% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 417 Mixed 435 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 29.7 138% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 76.7 122% 232 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 101%
OCZ Intrepid 3600 200GB-$567 5 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 186GB free Firmware: 1.4.6.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 602 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (64) Unknown 100 100 113536 (AB) Unknown 90 0 3021 (AE) Unknown 30 100 22 (B8) Unknown 9 100 307 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 58 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 0 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 31 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 3214949 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 100 100 3000 (CE) Flying height 0 100 0 (CF) Spin high current 0 100 16 (D0) Spin buzz 0 100 1 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (D3) Unknown 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (D5) Unknown 100 100 0 (D6) Unknown 100 100 0 (DD) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 1 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100 (F9) Unknown 100 100 60 (FB) Unknown 100 100 31	101% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 415 Mixed 376 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 34 154% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 103 136% 245 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1062 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79592272 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 37 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2044 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15212 (F9) Unknown 100 100 94349678	107% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 476 Mixed 482 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 29.8 143% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 78.9 132% 254 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
OCZ Saber 1000 240GB-$148 92 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 37GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 735 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (AB) Unknown 100 100 77937488 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 4 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 278 (F2) Unknown 100 100 59 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13330542	107% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 477 Mixed 485 110% 490 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 30.5 142% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 78.5 130% 251 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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Desktop

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Workstation

Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,462x
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	855x
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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Total price: $573

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