MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 07:22
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 278 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 777 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.4% Average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.8 39% 49.3 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 47.9 Splatting 54 46% 56.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SH103S3120G-NV 120GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 76GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4152779 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 50534585217049 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1961 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 157 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 81 73019752470 (C2) HDA temperature 22 81 73019752470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4152779 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4152779 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4152779 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7701 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4741 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4741 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17129	78.6% Very good	Read 499 Write 196 Mixed 239 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 20.5 143% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 53.2 61% 99.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 85%
Kingston SH103S3120G-NV 250GB 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8235 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1397 (B1) Unknown 93 93 84 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 35 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51223737119	111% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 501 Mixed 504 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 33.3 175% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 32.8 68% 131 MB/s

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 38GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 179 1983 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8949 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3581 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8951 (C2) HDA temperature 119 81 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1194 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	8.01% Terrible	Read 97.9 Write 54.4 Mixed 67.9 16% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.44 3% 1.01 MB/s

WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 182GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 192 155 728723 (03) Spinup time 161 154 6908 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12251 (05) Reallocated sector count 186 186 107 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3541 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12245 (C2) HDA temperature 126 81 24 (C4) Reallocation count 126 126 74 (C5) Current pending sector count 195 193 964 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 193 186 1143 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 188 175 1711	45.8% Average	Read 79.1 Write 80.3 Mixed 79.9 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.4% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 97%

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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	2,446x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,148x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	849x
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	301x
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	242x
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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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