MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 20:49
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	66% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 424 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 22.3 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 28.7 18% 21.5 fps	MRender 16.6 Gravity 16.6 Splatting 20.8 15% 18 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 191GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3226 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 483 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 62 54 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46645894495
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6777 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 595 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 58 52 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27143367612	112% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 405 Mixed 415 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 47 172% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 118 142% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27220336 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1375 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53984484 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1279 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 723189801 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49256 (C2) HDA temperature 41 51 34359738409 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -36614596192188 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14104294954 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19365149790	102% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 156 Mixed 166 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.25 87% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 413GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8430 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3276 (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 96 96 18793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2718 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 42 588644387 (C2) HDA temperature 62 39 1984913866790 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 341773 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 19 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.1% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 109 Mixed 96.4 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.44 104% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 62%
Toshiba MK3261GSYN 320GB-$72 6,986 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: MH000D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 495746 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1571 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 97 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 515 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 32070 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 283467841571 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 62301693 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 135520420 (F0) Head flying hours 83 83 422324 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27318058547 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24109811121 (FE) Unknown 100 100 368	59% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 106 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.5 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 89%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,157x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	442x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	366x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16