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MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Boot Drive	99.6% 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	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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '15 at 17:14
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 161 2-Core 314 108% 238 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 811 81% 658 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 70% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5598 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 69.1 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 59.2 56% 65.3 fps	Gravity 9.57 Splatting 16.3 12% 12.9 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Z-DRIVE 4500 800GB 745GB free Firmware: 3.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 43522791 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 64330020162228 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (0D) Soft read error rate 45 45 120572660423399 (64) Unknown 0 0 2670 (AA) Unknown 0 0 68576 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 28 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 65 94493540409 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 43522791 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 102 102 29579439767552 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 43522791 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 43522791 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 264 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2320 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1472 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1472 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6972

OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 223GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1399 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80509776 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 31 (D2) Unknown 100 100 33 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1226 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4941 (F9) Unknown 100 100 50457363	108% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 498 Mixed 457 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 28.6 141% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 81.3 133% 256 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 223GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2238 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80198480 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 10 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 548 (F2) Unknown 100 100 37661 (F9) Unknown 100 100 30383034	96.3% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 413 Mixed 434 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 25.5 130% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 76.1 123% 234 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 101%
OCZ Intrepid 3600 200GB-$567 5 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 186GB free Firmware: 1.4.6.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 602 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (64) Unknown 100 100 115552 (AB) Unknown 90 0 3021 (AE) Unknown 30 100 22 (B8) Unknown 9 100 307 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 58 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 0 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 33 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 11 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 3308990 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 100 100 3000 (CE) Flying height 0 100 0 (CF) Spin high current 0 100 16 (D0) Spin buzz 0 100 1 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (D3) Unknown 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (D5) Unknown 100 100 0 (D6) Unknown 100 100 0 (DD) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 1 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100 (F9) Unknown 100 100 65 (FB) Unknown 100 100 34	99.7% Outstanding	Read 355 Write 411 Mixed 379 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 34.9 155% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 90.5 127% 236 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 101%
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1062 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79592272 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 37 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2048 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15215 (F9) Unknown 100 100 94483401	99.6% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 477 Mixed 488 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 15.8 124% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 73.8 126% 245 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 108%
OCZ Saber 1000 240GB-$148 92 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 37GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 735 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (AB) Unknown 100 100 77937488 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 4 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 281 (F2) Unknown 100 100 62 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13469618	104% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 475 Mixed 481 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 27.2 136% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 68.2 123% 240 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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Desktop

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Workstation

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,472x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,158x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	861x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	281x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Total price: $573

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