MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.2% 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	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	41.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	22.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 07:45
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th 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 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 667 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 134 Parallax 134 102% 131 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 123 Splatting 102 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 542GB free (System drive) Firmware: X355 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7531 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12905087119 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 42 180389937187 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 98785165335 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1004 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6092 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4055 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2020 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.1% Very good	Read 486 Write 233 Mixed 232 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 17.4 111% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 35.5 78% 166 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20308112 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6076069 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (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 64 58 672661540 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46737 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 81604378660 (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 -7924214658281 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7279709114 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2024504860	76.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 129 Mixed 131 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66727000 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 12908486927 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (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 65 45 35015557155 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 101277 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 -140737488355293 (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 14594298882504 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8561662078 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16222843331	87.4% Excellent	Read 151 Write 155 Mixed 156 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 114%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 230GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 179 7666 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2801 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 328399 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.7% Average	Read 71.9 Write 73 Mixed 89.6 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$100 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 68GB free Firmware: GK8O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 100 151 (03) Spinup time 112 100 42984669719 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5915 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 51341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2022 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6166 (C2) HDA temperature 153 100 261993594919 (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 2	38.4% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 72 Mixed 62.1 49% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 47%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 393GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 35.2 Mixed 21.9 36% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$143 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 135%

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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