MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.3% 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	70.1% 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 22:59
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 577 77% 576 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.3% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 62.3 54% 68.5 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 86.7 66% 80.3 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 482GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (A5) Unknown 100 100 64448823625 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 826 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 47 201864839201 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 403729678430 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3594 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6767 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6286 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7127 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.1% Very good	Read 503 Write 308 Mixed 263 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 11.8 92% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 11.3 38% 77.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 107%
Sandisk U100 128GB 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 50GB free Firmware: 10.56.04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 554 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4403 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 66 (AE) Unknown 100 100 96 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 220 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 363 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11246504440 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23756035048	48.6% Average	Read 459 Write 305 Mixed 207 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 9.31 4K Mixed 5.34 38% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 17.8 DQ Write 9.22 DQ Mixed 5.65 6% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 55%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 741GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176430208 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 847 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19357422 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 874 (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 65 60 588906531 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10985 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 77309411363 (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 139972984178164 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18868418588 (F2) Unknown 100 253 227800528727	83.8% Excellent	Read 135 Write 156 Mixed 121 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 5.19 4K Mixed 0.47 172% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 109GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 233 (03) Spinup time 151 150 3441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2041 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2016 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 143 143 173997 (C2) HDA temperature 108 90 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	28.4% Poor	Read 46.8 Write 52 Mixed 65.3 42% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 54%

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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 33.3 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%

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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	2,456x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	852x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	244x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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