MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 02:28
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 674 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 189 Parallax 168 147% 179 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 168 Splatting 99.4 103% 129 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5269 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 962 (B1) Unknown 90 90 200 (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 64 47 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 88333698418	108% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 383 Mixed 384 94% 426 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 44.6 168% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 113 135% 237 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Seagate ST32000542AS 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 169840568 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 78 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12538625 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31421980738033 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (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 59 437649434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 81604378650 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 64 169840568 (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 40587440947695 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4179977537 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14866651635	56.1% Above average	Read 119 Write 75.2 Mixed 49.6 60% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 4.93 4K Mixed 0.43 163% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 588GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 82 104720912 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1067 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 7136 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59117087 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 955 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3029 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 73 48 454295579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12615 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 64424509467 (C5) Current pending sector count 97 81 608 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 97 81 608 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 128608500716107 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28524938169 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1252408207835	76.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 130 Mixed 138 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR 04CD F4-2133C15-8GRR 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 04CD F4-2133C15-8GRR 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 75%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,482x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	863x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	369x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	273x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $682

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16