MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.9% 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	223% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 15:59
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 243 93% 162 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 729 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 43 Parallax 39.9 38% 43.3 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 35.8 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,983 Write 894 Mixed 1,120 293% 1,332 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 51.8 229% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 569 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 192 210% 359 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 243%
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 105GB free Firmware: SAFM01.V Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1228 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 937 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 438 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524318 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 63 46 231929806885 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 927 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1981 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4682 (F4) Unknown 100 100 8 (F5) Unknown 100 100 30 (F6) Unknown 100 100 594464	88.8% Excellent	Read 527 Write 322 Mixed 408 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 13.6 126% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 55.2 104% 206 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 414GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133774910 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30307613393 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 14002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10651 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 84 25756255 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 437846042 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 34359738394 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 26 133774910 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 202 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 83232171271263 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2051249057 (F2) Unknown 100 253 428989652	66% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 111 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 2x8GB 2,071 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 29.5 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 99%

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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	2,447x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,149x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	850x
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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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