MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.98% 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	83.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 04:32
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 284 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 832 81% 668 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 3140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	8.98% Terrible	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 9.94 10% 10.4 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 8.53 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.36 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.98% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12775 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 106 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 82 82 17370 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8643476035	83.6% Excellent	Read 512 Write 407 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 28.8 113% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 88.8 DQ Write 77.2 DQ Mixed 15.7 30% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 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 118 100 198819088 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2390 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 76039 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (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 71 61 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5516 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 41 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 23119808955245 (F1) Unknown 100 253 891383992 (F2) Unknown 100 253 146407819	96% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 151 Mixed 154 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 152 152 17198416089 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9231 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 188979806238 (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 200 200 17	101% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 165 Mixed 148 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.19 98% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 22GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 8.31 Mixed 12 19% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.72 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 1.45 144% 3.11 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 104%

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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