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 (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	98.7% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 23:36
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 695 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1435 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 293 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 50 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4348883757	98.7% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 406 Mixed 413 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 26.7 157% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.5 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 88.5 90% 138 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161746680 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4544935 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 292 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 723320872 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8981 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 47244640296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -17308718202544 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4340585343 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3430615077	92.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 152 Mixed 159 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 114%
WD Elements 1078 2TB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 87.9 Write 104 Mixed 76.5 116% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 43%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 113GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 57 Write 38.7 Mixed 39.2 54% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.02 13% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 27.5 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 97%

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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	2,463x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,154x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	857x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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	278x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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 $48Bench 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 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16