MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.1% 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	170% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '18 at 10:33
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	37%

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 (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 782 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% 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: 397.64 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.1% Above average	Lighting 63.1 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 60.8 51% 64.1 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 54.9 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M3 128GB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 114GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1509 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4	83.6% Excellent	Read 499 Write 194 Mixed 275 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 34.3 136% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 71.1 97% 179 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 113GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6645 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1057 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 55 45 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8237291585	119% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 414 Mixed 404 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51.1 192% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 117 140% 246 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,251 Write 625 Mixed 906 205% 927 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 49.5 217% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 496 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 180 182% 302 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 243%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 562GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202476629 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12999357 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2335 (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 65 63 588775459 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 23 202476629 (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 -50053548859515 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1289457067 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1326525241	54.8% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 94.1 Mixed 90.5 71% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 105%

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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	2,451x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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