MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 17:49
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 154 2-Core 310 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 615 8-Core 606 82% 610 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 854A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 67.1 63% 74 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 71 Splatting 72.8 59% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7291 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2501 (B1) Unknown 97 97 179 (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 70 49 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 179 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41516968408	117% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 450 Mixed 469 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 40.2 176% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 119 154% 275 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 119%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 70GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8608940706 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 123660698390518 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2162 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1355 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 40 30067392536 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 30067392536 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 104 104 8608940706 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 104 104 8608940706 (CC) Soft ECC correction 104 104 8608940706 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 38654705665 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10390 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4542 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4542 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8986 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4522032	70.2% Very good	Read 502 Write 97.7 Mixed 171 55% 257 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 19.3 134% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 38.3 52% 94.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 384GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 2008 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 13115138711 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3457 (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 69 54 521994271 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 30064771103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 28 2008 (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 106390634899126 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2522493213 (F2) Unknown 100 253 162973330	70.5% Very good	Read 117 Write 129 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.82 133% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x4GB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3101 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 30.3 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 33.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 90%

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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	2,469x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,158x
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	443x
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	280x
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 $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16