MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	130% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 23:27
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 546 73% 545 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 30 Parallax 52.4 34% 41.5 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 36 Splatting 35.8 28% 33.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB-$797 250 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM01.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 777 Write 751 Mixed 779 172% 769 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 24.9 142% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 24.2 86% 176 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 244%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 700GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28012672 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4323782608 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3234 (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 74 52 21929132058 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1626 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37848 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 -140737488355302 (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 -109598975454309 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23748865337 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23608759179	95% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 150 Mixed 146 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.26 74% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 31.8 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 30.1 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 96%

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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	2,453x
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	851x
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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $587

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