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 above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	120% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171009
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 07:59
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 291 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 816 82% 665 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5508 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1879 (B1) Unknown 98 98 39 (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 54 29 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 158 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30794023441	120% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 406 Mixed 414 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 51.7 193% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 120 147% 261 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 131%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 106GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,006 Write 1,380 Mixed 1,245 342% 1,544 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 49.7 224% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 607 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 202 202% 337 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 69GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8695 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3258 (B1) Unknown 97 97 31 (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 62 45 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 886 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13661604037	100% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 349 Mixed 360 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 28.6 152% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 86.8 124% 233 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 740GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 7930 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14070 (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 96 96 22437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 8834 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 26 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 504692766 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 605356068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 93360 (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 15 (C8) Write error rate 99 78 1075 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57% Above average	Read 88.9 Write 109 Mixed 90.4 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.41 109% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3466C16 4x8GB 733 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 30.9 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 29.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 142%

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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	2,445x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,148x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	849x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	300x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	269x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	242x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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