MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.2% 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	271% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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 (31%). 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	21.9 GB free of 40 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 19:55
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 238 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 678 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.2% Average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 51.1 44% 56.1 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 71.2 56% 67.9 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 480GB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 441GB free Firmware: 2.28 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2614889 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 89343909702007 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2635 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 226 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2614889 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2614889 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2614889 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4316 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4124 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4124 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8471	41.4% Average	Read 244 Write 196 Mixed 156 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 12.8 55% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 98.6 DQ Write 44.7 DQ Mixed 26.5 32% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 41%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 371GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8678 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2691 (B1) Unknown 98 1 19 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 1 0 (B6) Unknown 100 1 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 558 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21638017410	88.1% Excellent	Read 508 Write 347 Mixed 356 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 27.2 138% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 43.8 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 83.3 78% 114 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 126%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,739 Write 1,427 Mixed 1,567 421% 1,911 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 45.5 201% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 123 144% 251 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 254%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 27GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 2,216 Write 395 Mixed 785 244% 1,132 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 51.2 217% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 407 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 177 169% 271 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 283%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C14-16GTZ 04CD F4-3200C16-4GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-4GTZB 04CD F4-3200C14-16GTZ 40GB 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 4096, 4096, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 32.6 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 29.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns

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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	2,456x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	852x
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 $95Bench 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	244x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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