MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	41.7% 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	51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '16 at 21:08
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Memory 45.2 1-Core 23.8 2-Core 47.2 26% 38.7 Pts	4-Core 77.4 8-Core 78.7 10% 78.1 Pts	64-Core 81.9 5% 81.9 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3978) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.7% Average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 62.6 37% 55.9 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 54.6 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 208GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4539 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 100 73017393181 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 26182 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 28 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26182 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9083 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1236	56.1% Above average	Read 495 Write 239 Mixed 305 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 13.7 68% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 44.1 DQ Mixed 11.1 15% 26.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 95%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1370 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (AA) Unknown 96 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 100 77312622624 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 185927 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 38 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 96 100 0 (E9) Unknown 89 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 185927 (F2) Unknown 100 100 114336 (F9) Unknown 100 100 53655	51.2% Above average	Read 475 Write 208 Mixed 266 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 10.4 58% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 72.2 DQ Mixed 9.48 21% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 195949440 (03) Spinup time 99 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 191 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8746574 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 61 554958872 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67364 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 68719476760 (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 -21350282426204 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3801531523 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8589864198	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 184 Mixed 178 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 915GB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 86 145645293 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 19 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 9221067786 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 977 (BC) Unknown 100 51 4295032929 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 554958872 (C2) HDA temperature 24 47 51539607576 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 25 145645293 (C5) Current pending sector count 91 91 393 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 91 91 393 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79559974226492 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3311569052 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4014036741	65.4% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 107 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.2 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 179 22% 179 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 97%

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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	2,448x
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	850x
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) $35	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