MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	82.2% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '17 at 16:10
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th 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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 698 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9236 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2249 (B1) Unknown 89 89 122 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 71 42 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 53 (EB) Unknown 99 99 992 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31896093447	82.2% Excellent	Read 495 Write 350 Mixed 337 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 20.6 131% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 45.8 DQ Write 81.9 DQ Mixed 20.5 28% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 246GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 79.6 Write 112 Mixed 55 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 110GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 68 68 10270 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4164 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 12414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2673 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 52 336527380 (C2) HDA temperature 78 49 386859030 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 42190 (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 100 100 211 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	38.7% Below average	Read 70.6 Write 63.9 Mixed 70.5 52% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 62%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 95GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 140 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3380 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3013 (C2) HDA temperature 117 83 26 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	56.8% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 108 Mixed 76.1 68% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.38 89% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 72%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 53GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2864 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 493 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3768 (C2) HDA temperature 116 84 27 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.3% Above average	Read 117 Write 86.1 Mixed 99.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 26.4 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 29 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 104%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,483x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	863x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	369x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	273x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $608

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16