MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 22:26
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 704 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA); Strix 1080Ti OC CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 200 Parallax 200 148% 194 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 176 Splatting 123 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 473GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 100 100 126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 67 141735231520 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 191440224 (F7) Unknown 100 100 5991153 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3333783 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1931 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.5% Excellent	Read 486 Write 340 Mixed 340 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 25.9 112% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 44.5 97% 201 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4139 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1827 (B1) Unknown 97 97 62 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 61 58 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22980721304	111% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 42.6 169% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 103 136% 250 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34387198369 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 718 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 718 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 718 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 167504838688 (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	60.1% Good	Read 96 Write 114 Mixed 123 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.1 38% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 108%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 699GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 85 85 217 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 101 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790644543 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4551 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9329 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9329 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 167504773150 (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	52.5% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 92.7 Mixed 83.4 67% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.24 56% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 29.9 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 103%

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Gaming 68%

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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	2,462x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	855x
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	277x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 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	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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