MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	44.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.2% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20171009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 12:19
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Memory 59.1 1-Core 21.2 2-Core 40.1 29% 40.1 Pts	4-Core 65.8 8-Core 104 10% 85.2 Pts	64-Core 119 7% 119 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.4% Average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 50 39% 52.4 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 61.3 55% 67.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 5186 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1393 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 152 (AE) Unknown 100 100 221 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2587 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 52 206159478811 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20499072176 (F7) Unknown 100 100 641494924 (F8) Unknown 100 100 895030975	67.2% Good	Read 504 Write 339 Mixed 305 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 16.4 71% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 10.9 35% 76.1 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 113%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 264GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 141 9783 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1920 (10) Unknown 9 191 174408245225 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 490 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3754 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.2% Very good	Read 145 Write 103 Mixed 122 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 136GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 982 (03) Spinup time 193 184 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3863 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2962 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 508485 (C2) HDA temperature 115 90 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 8	36.8% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 62.6 Mixed 57.8 47% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FADG 2x8GB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 19.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 87%

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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	2,450x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	851x
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	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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