MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	56.8% 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	29.7% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '17 at 05:28
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Memory 61.2 1-Core 25.5 2-Core 52.1 32% 46.3 Pts	4-Core 80.8 8-Core 93.4 11% 87.1 Pts	64-Core 98.9 6% 98.9 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.8% Above average	Lighting 52.5 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 114 43% 78.4 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7229764 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -56813827379761 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3092 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 256 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 38 55837065244 (C2) HDA temperature 28 38 55837065244 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7229764 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7229764 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7229764 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16157 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14698 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14698 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9674	29.7% Poor	Read 160 Write 149 Mixed 126 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 7.74 44% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 16.8 DQ Write 42.7 DQ Mixed 7.23 12% 22.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 685GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9842836 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7169 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 181497313 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 3020 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 521469982 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 21 9842836 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -87501368701959 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1191554792 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2161527179	61.6% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 96.2 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.53 116% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 2x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 20.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 85%

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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	2,454x
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	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 $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	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 $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