MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.4% 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	68% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 13:45
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 567 76% 566 Pts	64-Core 573 35% 573 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2670) 2GB CLim: 1322 MHz, MLim: 1671 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 45.6 31% 39.9 fps	MRender 50.5 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 36 35% 43.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14222505 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 45466523800421 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2145 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 186 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14222505 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14222505 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14222505 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7071 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8747 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8747 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12615	68% Good	Read 492 Write 218 Mixed 297 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 10.8 113% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 10.7 26% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 91%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 688GB free Firmware: CC1H 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 117 99 129018962 (03) Spinup time 100 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 85183142 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32898 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 74 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2930 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 10 10 90 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 572391458 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 22 129018962 (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 40544491306765 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2812289944 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4087052736	39.7% Below average	Read 74.9 Write 63.4 Mixed 78.3 55% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 66%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 688GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165656345 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 42 39 36558880266007 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 38665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 301 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3182 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555548705 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 20 165656345 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38.1% Below average	Read 74 Write 58.7 Mixed 85.3 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 59%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 561GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128857398 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3602 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 8594797468 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1373 (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 72 52 471466012 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 31 128857398 (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 -18575733544766 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1944056697 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1955935828	43.8% Average	Read 77.4 Write 75 Mixed 102 65% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.33 89% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 61%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 369GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 172 Write 136 Mixed 146 189% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.22 58% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 74%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 23.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 102%

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Gaming 68%

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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	2,449x
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 $160Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $652

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