MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 13% 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (37%). 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150806
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 17:39
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	30.1% Below average	Memory 46.3 1-Core 24.6 2-Core 49.7 27% 40.2 Pts	4-Core 78.5 8-Core 106 12% 92.4 Pts	64-Core 109 7% 109 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.5% Average	Lighting 43.4 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 67.8 35% 58.4 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 54.8 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 118510665 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 131657927494916 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 516 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 36 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 41 81607065635 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 81607065635 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 118510665 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 118510665 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 118510665 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5573 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3317 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3317 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2587 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2883598	53.5% Above average	Read 463 Write 200 Mixed 259 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 13 63% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 81.9 DQ Mixed 50.6 49% 78.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 910GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127803392 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60248649 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 795 (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 63 49 706347045 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 95337 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 55834574885 (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 73774653250957 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38223909845 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24612392868	93.1% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 166 Mixed 160 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.33 101% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 765GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1345 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9013 (C2) HDA temperature 104 94 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	99.7% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 161 Mixed 157 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.31 114% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 20.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.9 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 175 23% 175 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 105%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

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	2,448x
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	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 $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 $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