MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.6% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171009
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 18:04
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 461 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 70.2 58% 70.8 fps	MRender 56.1 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 37.8 37% 45.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hfs120g3 2TND-N1A2A 120GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 68GB free Firmware: 3000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7756 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (64) Unknown 100 100 407150 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 99 99 20 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 6 (B2) Unknown 100 100 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 111 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4417 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 73017458717 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 99 1 51 (D4) Unknown 100 100 40 (EA) Unknown 100 100 792 (F1) Unknown 100 100 678 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2708 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 195926	87.2% Excellent	Read 518 Write 290 Mixed 328 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 22.5 131% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 17.7 72% 163 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21506884046 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 551 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 551 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 197569675304 (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	69.4% Good	Read 113 Write 129 Mixed 97.9 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.46 127% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 870GB free Firmware: MJ8O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25810895432 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 336 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 244814512164 (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	81.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 124 Mixed 121 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.23 66% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 89%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 820GB free Firmware: MK7O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 92 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21506425306 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 287 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 542 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 542 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 184684773416 (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	68.4% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 97.2 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 185GB free Firmware: MJ8O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 137 137 21505442237 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 84 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 361 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 219044511779 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 120 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68% Good	Read 125 Write 113 Mixed 124 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 89%
Corsair Neutron 256GB 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 1 94 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 0 68722360356 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 1 1 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4 (EA) Unknown 100 100 133345 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9194 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6582 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2669286

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.9 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

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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	2,450x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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