MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	68.8% 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 22:18
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	OMN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 654 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X100 128GB 1,695 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.06.06 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 253 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 16989 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1679 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 462 (B7) Unknown 68 68 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 2 34 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	68.8% Good	Read 439 Write 221 Mixed 298 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 23.2 118% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 13.5 24% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 106 (03) Spinup time 113 113 51581485693 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 586 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 586 (C2) HDA temperature 120 120 287764054066 (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 0	44.4% Average	Read 82.2 Write 72.8 Mixed 69.7 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.21 53% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 68%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 944GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 101 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51580306024 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 571 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 591 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 591 (C2) HDA temperature 125 125 292059086896 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.7% Average	Read 70.2 Write 85.9 Mixed 76.1 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.19 45% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 68%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 231GB free Firmware: AX101U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2725 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1275 (0A) Spinup retry count 151 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1853 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16547 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929544738 (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 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 630 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 268 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	15.9% Very poor	Read 23 Write 32.4 Mixed 31.7 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.01 9% 0.14 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 62%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 174GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 137 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1539 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1515 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 841220137 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 628 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 912 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.7% Average	Read 74.5 Write 74.3 Mixed 67.4 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.29 71% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 101%

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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	2,447x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,149x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	850x
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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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