MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	43% 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	329% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '17 at 21:22
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th 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)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 537 71% 535 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43% Average	Lighting 56.3 Reflection 37.4 Parallax 75.6 46% 56.4 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 54.8 Splatting 46 37% 45.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB-$797 250 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM01.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,315 Write 1,323 Mixed 1,262 360% 1,633 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 503 4K Mixed 94.8 441% 211 MB/s	DQ Read 434 DQ Write 571 DQ Mixed 265 266% 424 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 244%
OCZ Vector 150 120GB-$89 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 78GB free Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4825 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1940 (AB) Unknown 80 80 41333840 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 264 (D2) Unknown 100 100 11 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 92 92 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7651 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10352 (F9) Unknown 100 100 375761298	105% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 426 Mixed 459 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 36.6 164% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 20.5 66% 132 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 706GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 7805504 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5217 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4324162132 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3394 (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 21962555418 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1741 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40094 (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 82914343654601 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24588004438 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24349797099	87.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 159 Mixed 131 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.7% 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 @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 30.1 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 28.6 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 96%

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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 $184	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