MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.98% 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	73.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150722
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 01:34
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Memory 73.7 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 109 53% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 206 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	6.98% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 9.27 Parallax 7.06 6% 8.02 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 8.3 Splatting 10.4 8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7141 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1185 (A5) Unknown 100 100 588531697275 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 40 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 113 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 42 180389412893 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622892525062 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8060 (EA) Unknown 100 100 34776 (F1) Unknown 253 253 27431 (F2) Unknown 253 253 19914 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.2% Very good	Read 492 Write 305 Mixed 292 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 16.1 95% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 35.4 61% 120 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 189366176 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2666 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 722706081 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 892 (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 63 51 638976037 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2912 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 47244640293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 6 189366176 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 164 Mixed 154 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.51 154% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 104%
ASMT 2115 480GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 356GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 38.9 Write 37.8 Mixed 37.6 49% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.91 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 3.13 615% 8.97 MB/s	DQ Read 11 DQ Write 18 DQ Mixed 4.11 791% 11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 188%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 20.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 93.1 43% 93.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 117%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

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 $40	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