MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.1% 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	93.1% 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 15:10
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 219 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 468 52% 410 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 104 Parallax 86.4 82% 97 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 90 Splatting 93.3 74% 90 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4010 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 442 (B1) Unknown 91 91 177 (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 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 79640164646	93.1% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 403 Mixed 415 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 24.9 141% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 24.2 57% 110 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 183 3733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 130 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 91 (C2) HDA temperature 117 114 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 181 Mixed 167 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.46 138% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 381GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118220136 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38688783 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1303 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 538509342 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42286 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 47244640286 (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 15444702403816 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21114267060 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1129217033429	59.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 138 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 216GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 440 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1950 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 507050818 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1901 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 572063776 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 26 440 (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 -128436702004091 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4294208860 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2288386886	26.8% Poor	Read 46.4 Write 47 Mixed 44.5 35% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.37 73% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 88%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 2GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 127 Write 8.82 Mixed 14.6 40% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 41% 3.71 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 82%

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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	2,458x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	853x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	277x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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