MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 01:02
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 697 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 39.5 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 41.1 32% 37.3 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 36.9 Splatting 35.9 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 33%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.78 6% 8.95 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 821GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49827024 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 178884674 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 458 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 638844963 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 497 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 73014444067 (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 92393336473885 (F1) Unknown 100 253 59889367726 (F2) Unknown 100 253 305138257330	72.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 115 Mixed 108 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 114%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 297GB free Firmware: 40.00A40 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 155 3058 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3878 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1187 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3878 (C2) HDA temperature 107 87 36 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.1% Good	Read 98.5 Write 111 Mixed 98.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.53 134% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 259F 2TB 3,542 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 111 Write 99.8 Mixed 67.6 114% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 80%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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