MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	34.8% 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	333% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 12:33
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 272 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 766 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2962) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 39.8 37% 43 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 36 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 359GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 242 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 128 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2803104277	97.2% Outstanding	Read 383 Write 402 Mixed 393 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 41 156% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 139 125% 191 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,824 Write 1,813 Mixed 1,992 489% 2,210 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 69.6 276% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 588 DQ Write 556 DQ Mixed 258 280% 467 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 PRO 1TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 236GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1145 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 428 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 64 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 212 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6240912315	122% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 502 Mixed 511 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 46.3 182% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 26.4 106% 234 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5015 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1350 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16024637945	88.5% Excellent	Read 381 Write 336 Mixed 328 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 33.7 142% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 23.4 70% 154 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 160GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1313 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 502 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 14 (EB) Unknown 99 99 76 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1293759753	102% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 502 Mixed 511 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 28 157% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 27.3 37% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 PRO 512GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 93GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1186 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 447 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 485808390	121% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 499 Mixed 514 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 43.4 178% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 160 174% 290 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 PRO 512GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 91GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1378 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 433 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 79 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4296841700	122% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 499 Mixed 517 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 44.8 179% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 163 174% 287 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 30GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1343 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 521 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 67 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 999235542	104% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 416 Mixed 427 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.1 164% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 22.9 59% 117 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 113%

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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	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	243x
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 $273	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 $177	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