MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 16:48
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 698 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 198 Parallax 190 145% 188 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 145 Splatting 126 109% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2687 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 480 (B1) Unknown 96 96 18 (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 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19339398681	70.9% Very good	Read 486 Write 268 Mixed 273 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 17.3 104% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.8 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 53.2 57% 89 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 195253072 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 920 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3314851 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (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 65 488046621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6953 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -62109522067210 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3421282231 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18658938656	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 174 Mixed 174 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: HP33 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95727584 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 149573523 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1827222554 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67696 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 73014444061 (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	94.8% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 152 Mixed 149 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 37526544 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1985 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1402286 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (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 62 488046621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3913 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -109556025786241 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4932146691 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23759019348	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 168 Mixed 165 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.18 85% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 81%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,450x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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