MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.1% 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	93.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '16 at 07:42
Run Duration	514 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 582 78% 581 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus R9 380 254 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 04E3) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1046.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 52.3 Parallax 58.7 38% 52.4 fps	MRender 50.3 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 39.8 36% 44.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 1 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 0 77312098332 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 1 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15635 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2964 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2211 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 120957	93.9% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 428 Mixed 452 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 17.7 117% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 74.6 122% 233 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 97%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 61GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 55 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 100 94491639834 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1706 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 14 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1706 (F2) Unknown 100 100 71 (F9) Unknown 100 100 58	82.6% Excellent	Read 476 Write 219 Mixed 300 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 22.2 147% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 56.2 74% 130 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 136 136 21504524752 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 184684904477 (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	85% Excellent	Read 152 Write 144 Mixed 112 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.48 136% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 87 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21506687421 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 197569740829 (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	80.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 133 Mixed 102 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.45 127% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 82%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 165 1183 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3905 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 766524 (C2) HDA temperature 124 109 26 (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	48% Average	Read 87.3 Write 79.6 Mixed 68.4 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 63%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	4.29% Terrible	Read 14.6 Write 2.55 Mixed 2.75 6% 6.64 MB/s	4K Read 6.83 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.001 25% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.29% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 25.3 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 25 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 79%

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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	2,448x
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	850x
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 $76Bench 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) $35	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