MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.5% 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	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 01:11
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 738 71% 587 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 62.2 60% 67.2 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 57 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 849 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15174357552670 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 26 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 44 240518168624 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5171149604020 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2294 (EA) Unknown 100 100 33887 (F1) Unknown 253 253 23262 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6330 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.2% Above average	Read 445 Write 47 Mixed 272 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 3.91 87% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 1.92 56% 131 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 86%
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 25GB free Firmware: 560ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 24151903 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -94171452913871 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1142 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 95 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 57 73018179622 (C2) HDA temperature 38 57 73018179622 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24151903 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24151903 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24151903 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 12884901888 (E9) Unknown 0 0 49668 (EA) Unknown 0 0 57552 (F1) Unknown 0 0 57552 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20827	40.8% Average	Read 204 Write 145 Mixed 206 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 2.17 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 13.5 58% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 43.9 60% 108 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 620GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 73 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1699 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1714 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1714 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 180389740578 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 165 Mixed 149 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 528GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 850 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 849 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5267 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 34 (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	83.6% Excellent	Read 184 Write 108 Mixed 113 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 28.2 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 23.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 109%

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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	2,454x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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