MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.6% 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	68.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 02:55
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 422 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.6% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 70.7 53% 64.5 fps	MRender 64.1 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 80.8 58% 69.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z320 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 902 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (A5) Unknown 100 100 236242665748 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 35 279172874282 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 395139154012 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 556 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2565 (F1) Unknown 253 253 947 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1395 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.7% Good	Read 511 Write 343 Mixed 377 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 0.04 85% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 21 DQ Mixed 6.27 29% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 86%
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 26GB free Firmware: EMT2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2031 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 364 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 65 43 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1620889263	122% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 495 Mixed 511 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 55.8 216% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 16.1 37% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 135%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 163 156 6816 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4621 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2747 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 103 103 291699 (C2) HDA temperature 123 106 27 (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	54.6% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 91.1 Mixed 88.5 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.18 83% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 67%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 238GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31718527 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 60215416049 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5062 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 538968096 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 42949672992 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 18 31718527 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5	45% Average	Read 79 Write 77.8 Mixed 74 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.41 88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 59%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 63GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 246 230 9691 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2576 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 672 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2496 (C2) HDA temperature 122 103 30 (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	48.4% Average	Read 89.5 Write 78.9 Mixed 72.3 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.38 104% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 31.8 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 28 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

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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	2,450x
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 $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 $182	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) $30	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