MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	151% 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.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 02:44
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 84.3 1-Core 66 2-Core 104 55% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 262 28% 225 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.3% Good	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 97.5 54% 80.9 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 88.8 Splatting 96.2 75% 91 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,385 Write 767 Mixed 860 221% 1,004 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 26.3 148% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.1 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 83.7 78% 114 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234757136 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2648 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 53 335023191766 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9688 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 605880356 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32860 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 94489280548 (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 8753143356602 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18969626430 (F2) Unknown 100 253 257793691346	85.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 152 Mixed 109 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.15 59% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 0GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 131697199 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27355366 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4663 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (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 64 54 605880356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1715 (C2) HDA temperature 36 22 94489280548 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 131697199 (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 -139315854176314 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15096827100 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22532778525	54.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 90.7 Mixed 108 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.27 72% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 22.9 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,907 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	365x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
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 $254	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 $163	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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16