MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.1% 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	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 13:14
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 570 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2670) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.1% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 45.5 27% 36.9 fps	MRender 45.7 Gravity 37 Splatting 32.2 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 9947595 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 36764920058725 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2145 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 186 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9947595 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9947595 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9947595 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7068 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8744 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8744 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12613	79.5% Very good	Read 484 Write 241 Mixed 322 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 13.8 119% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 12.7 76% 176 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 91%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 688GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129018962 (03) Spinup time 100 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 85180120 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 74 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2930 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 10 10 90 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538837024 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 22 129018962 (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 14641543544589 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2812289944 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4087052736	40% Below average	Read 78.2 Write 61 Mixed 82.1 56% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 66%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 688GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163877412 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 42 39 36558880259715 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 38664 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 301 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3182 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 521994271 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 20 163877412 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40.4% Average	Read 61.5 Write 79 Mixed 65.3 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.28 72% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 59%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 561GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127755536 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3602 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 8594795488 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1373 (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 74 52 437911578 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 31 127755536 (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 -56092272875326 (F1) Unknown 100 253 293513062 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1955097725	45% Average	Read 81.1 Write 75.7 Mixed 103 66% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.33 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 61%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 369GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 171 Write 139 Mixed 150 193% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 24.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 102%

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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	2,477x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,160x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

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	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	283x
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	272x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16