MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '16 at 21:36
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (58^th 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 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 557 74% 556 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1360) 768MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.6 Reflection 18.3 Parallax 13.8 13% 15.9 fps	MRender 20.9 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 15.6 14% 17.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 4310302761 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 49821620642294 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1765 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 312 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 284 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4310302761 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 33 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4310302761 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4310302761 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8649 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7554 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7554 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11006	38.8% Below average	Read 180 Write 80.5 Mixed 116 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 6.12 82% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 78.1 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 24.3 36% 66.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 61%
WD WD5000AADS-00S9B 500GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 68GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 184 3716 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4765 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16454 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2898 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 375 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 345924 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 29 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.7% Below average	Read 85.5 Write 38.5 Mixed 63.1 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 54%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 570 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 899GB free, PID d000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 113 Write 96.5 Mixed 8.14 81% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 26.1 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 26.9 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 98%

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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	2,468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,157x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	442x
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	279x
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 $48Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16