MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 19:01
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 146 2-Core 283 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 796 80% 650 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 90% 109 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 92.8 78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14644824 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 -38044820271642 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2123 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1244 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14644824 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14644824 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14644824 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 42870 (EA) Unknown 0 0 39807 (F1) Unknown 0 0 39807 (F2) Unknown 0 0 40610	70.7% Very good	Read 489 Write 139 Mixed 214 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 17.9 128% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 38.8 55% 101 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 44GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 99 1480 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 53 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2510699351	115% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 407 Mixed 412 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 48.3 184% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 120 144% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 240GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 199370175 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79367451 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2781 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032844 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 522125343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 51539607583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 19 199370175 (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 -51604032025446 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3517572787 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1575829421	55.1% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 103 Mixed 100 74% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 70%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 151GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 129 4391 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5416 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 388 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 103125 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 27 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.2% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 103 Mixed 122 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 85%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 122GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 75 101805701 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 710050001 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 54583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3818 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 32 7998037491759 (C2) HDA temperature 47 68 60129542191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 45 141503507 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967295 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967295 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 541 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 252 1	29.4% Poor	Read 59.8 Write 42.6 Mixed 65.6 43% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 43%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 489GB free, PID 0718 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 27.8 Write 34.9 Mixed 30.1 41% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.36 69% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 17%
ST975042 0AS 750GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 363GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 36.4 Mixed 12.8 35% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.19 37% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 21.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 88%

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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	2,454x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	852x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	244x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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