MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	46.9% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 19:58
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.9% Poor	Memory 42.7 1-Core 25.4 2-Core 50 26% 39.4 Pts	4-Core 89.4 8-Core 85.4 12% 87.4 Pts	64-Core 94.3 6% 94.3 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.9% Average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 60 Parallax 85.5 37% 63.6 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 82.8 Splatting 74.3 66% 81.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 829 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (64) Unknown 100 100 583904 (65) Unknown 100 100 70704 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 344 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 649 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 100 133144838169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1060 (EA) Unknown 100 100 410 (F1) Unknown 100 100 825 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1450 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	46.6% Average	Read 458 Write 174 Mixed 199 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 7.62 51% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 94.7 DQ Write 40.4 DQ Mixed 23.3 29% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 82%
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 2GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 1,479 Write 504 Mixed 781 202% 921 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 23.2 89% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 85 DQ Write 37.7 DQ Mixed 16.6 24% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 214%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 3043 (03) Spinup time 178 169 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2021 (05) Reallocated sector count 193 193 316 (07) Seek error rate 200 199 91 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1066 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1872 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 28 (C4) Reallocation count 105 105 95 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 186 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 191 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 259	28.2% Poor	Read 3.81 Write 94.3 Mixed 23.6 30% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 190 21% 190 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 50%

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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 $184	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