MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	141% 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	230% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 05:25
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 146 2-Core 283 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 800 80% 651 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2985 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 223 Parallax 212 162% 212 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 193 Splatting 139 128% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 107GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 216 100 216 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 26 (A9) Unknown 100 100 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 86 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 219043332136 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2304 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1783 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1456	86.5% Excellent	Read 502 Write 410 Mixed 447 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 5.61 127% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 34.1 60% 110 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 78%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,207 Write 1,041 Mixed 1,158 322% 1,469 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 50.8 242% 97.4 MB/s	DQ Read 52.2 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 34.4 56% 102 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 283%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 66GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1286 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 562 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81017680 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 27 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2353 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2050 (F9) Unknown 100 100 113087693	96.2% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 409 Mixed 433 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 20.9 138% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 70 114% 219 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 26.4 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 102%

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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	2,468x
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 $260	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 $175	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) $23	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