MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	69% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 01:46
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 527 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4614 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 7.66 6% 9.09 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Biwin SSD 128GB 1,868 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0831A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^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 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 70 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 45404 (A5) Unknown 100 100 62 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 99 99 99 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 37985 (F2) Unknown 100 100 51002 (F5) Unknown 100 100 116067	69% Good	Read 463 Write 259 Mixed 331 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 3.35 98% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 18.2 60% 126 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130938184 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 563269 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 65 555024415 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2488 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25473451032760 (F1) Unknown 100 253 700923046 (F2) Unknown 100 253 610926546	112% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 186 Mixed 178 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 70GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 68 63 6776843 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7119746 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (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 67 66 571801633 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 130 (C2) HDA temperature 33 12 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 6776843 (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 86595130622398 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4416283324 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6143084213	72.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 120 Mixed 150 102% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,454x
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 $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 $42Bench 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 $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 $42	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