MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	227% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 01:47
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 663 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 65.2 62% 72.3 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 70 Splatting 72.3 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,012 Write 987 Mixed 1,082 299% 1,360 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 59.2 221% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 489 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 184 200% 339 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 236%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3FD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51579978345 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4898 (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 100 100 4939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1439 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4902 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4902 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 223338954791 (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 200 200 0	60.7% Good	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 107 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/16G 0420 F4-2400C15-8GVR KHX2400C15D4/8G 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 73%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,479x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,160x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

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	369x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	284x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16