MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 03:52
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 790 79% 641 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% PowerColor(148C 2387) ≥ 4GB; AMD Vega 64 Red Devil Silent Bios CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 170 90% 123 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 114 Splatting 129 92% 110 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 250GB-$90 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 6214 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 865 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 266 (AE) Unknown 100 100 184 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2593 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 40 257699479592 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 31637107116 (F7) Unknown 100 100 991945656 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1536918626	92.7% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 401 Mixed 415 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 28.5 136% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 57.9 71% 118 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 112%
SiImage 120GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 62GB free Firmware: 0000 Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 330 Write 76.6 Mixed 92.4 36% 166 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 16.1 84% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 39.3 54% 101 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 65%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 595GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3897 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2074 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 577 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3319 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 36 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 130 Mixed 125 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.48 140% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 76%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 504GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 132 132 25789071639 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8711 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 29 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2380 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17561 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 214749478946 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12294	63.9% Good	Read 110 Write 113 Mixed 120 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 29.9 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 31.1 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 105%

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Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,473x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,158x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	862x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	281x
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	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16