MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	27% 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	32% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150806
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 18:36
Run Duration	373 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	84%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Memory 43.1 1-Core 21.7 2-Core 20.9 22% 28.6 Pts	4-Core 48.8 8-Core 55.9 7% 52.3 Pts	64-Core 48.8 3% 48.8 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27% Poor	Lighting 32.2 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 39.8 26% 35.4 fps	MRender 36.5 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 32.1 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S200 60GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20150818 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^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 100 100 383 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 122 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 650905 (A5) Unknown 100 100 652 (A6) Unknown 100 100 600 (A7) Unknown 100 100 635 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 18 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 60127 (F2) Unknown 100 100 35871 (F5) Unknown 100 100 936141	32% Below average	Read 432 Write 76.7 Mixed 133 46% 214 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 2.44 32% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 30.5 DQ Mixed 2.31 8% 15.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 435GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156491479 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 860770214 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 537 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 37 63 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 454295579 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 34359738395 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 22 156491479 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 85.3 Mixed 86.1 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.52 113% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 88GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181032680 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 209784940 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1287 (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 72 54 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20894 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 38654705692 (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 -5695126627251 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44880869833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44593032795	75% Very good	Read 119 Write 143 Mixed 145 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,591 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 99.9 138% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 51%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 18GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.84% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 11.8 Mixed 13.8 18% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.89 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.008 19% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.84% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.9 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 1.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.9 15% 5.23 GB/s	Latency 188 21% 188 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 89%

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Gaming 68%

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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	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	243x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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