MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.6% 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	68.6% 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	14.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 22:59
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 769 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 114 Parallax 92.7 81% 102 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 99.1 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 352GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,974 Write 1,316 Mixed 1,194 330% 1,495 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 49.6 219% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 56.1 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 212 169% 224 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 254%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3391 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 814 (A8) Unknown 100 100 33 (AA) Unknown 100 100 72 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2228297 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 18 (E7) Temperature 100 100 66 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6312	68.6% Good	Read 516 Write 213 Mixed 274 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 9.31 90% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 9.68 65% 149 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 6GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2999737 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -113576115173337 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 40 68722098207 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68722098207 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2999737 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2999737 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2999737 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6238 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4369 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4369 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23134 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5767206	51% Above average	Read 461 Write 97.9 Mixed 102 47% 220 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 8.85 81% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 58.6 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 28 37% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 73%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 106 (03) Spinup time 113 113 51581354619 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 729 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 729 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 231929348133 (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	71.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 127 Mixed 119 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 68%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 915GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 66 (03) Spinup time 186 186 12892045449 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 465 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 368 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 589 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 589 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 158914904096 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 185 Mixed 178 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24.8 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

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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