MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 22:06
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 764 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 39.9 39% 43.9 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 36 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 217GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -89163521061296 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 641 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 135 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 50 1009320591395 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 1009320591395 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 25769803776 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24527 (EA) Unknown 0 0 689 (F1) Unknown 0 0 689 (F2) Unknown 0 0 400
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Nvme INTEL MEMPEK1W01 14GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 13GB free Firmware: K3110300 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 868 Write 145 Mixed 249 90% 421 MB/s	4K Read 219 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 119 534% 144 MB/s	DQ Read 529 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 247 206% 308 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 243%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 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 108 100 15809264 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 85762 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (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 67 60 571932705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 85899345953 (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 -44873818308315 (F1) Unknown 100 253 935229766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69596959	66.9% Good	Read 108 Write 124 Mixed 102 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 3.64 4K Mixed 0.36 125% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 105 (03) Spinup time 116 116 51580502637 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7974 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2628 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8755 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8755 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 249109086243 (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 2	12.9% Very poor	Read 6.66 Write 38.6 Mixed 15.1 15% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.006 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.004 1% 0.005 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117851496 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 837 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 240019790 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 458762 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 555155488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5023 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 60129542176 (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 34252364193234 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45323904833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 877534235710	70.4% Very good	Read 124 Write 121 Mixed 89.6 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 3.74 4K Mixed 0.43 130% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 108%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$89 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 278GB free Firmware: CC13 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 120 99 239809040 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4477 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4322047450 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 43964 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2364 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 43 43 57 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 588775459 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 4525 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 7 239809040 (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 -91229400284766 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3443666061 (F2) Unknown 100 253 829406501	41.1% Average	Read 71.5 Write 71.7 Mixed 76.4 55% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.44 100% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.5 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

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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	2,468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,157x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	442x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	366x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
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	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16