MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 27.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.1% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 02:29
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.4% Poor	Memory 46.8 1-Core 25.3 2-Core 50.5 27% 40.9 Pts	4-Core 44.9 8-Core 77 7% 61 Pts	64-Core 77.1 5% 77.1 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.5% Good	Lighting 53.2 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 113 43% 78.7 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 106 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 480GB-$301 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 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 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -115938347184218 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1130 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 54 42953211935 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 483660 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 483660 (F2) Unknown 100 100 649401 (F9) Unknown 100 100 94006	40.1% Average	Read 368 Write 184 Mixed 182 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 8.91 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 11.5 36% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 82.2 DQ Write 51.9 DQ Mixed 33.2 34% 55.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 883GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 578 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 929 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5799 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 31 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 64 (F1) Unknown 200 200 4691770423 (F2) Unknown 200 200 1838075222	93.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 161 Mixed 161 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.32 111% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 192GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 927 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 845 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7291 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 35 (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 200 199 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69% Good	Read 111 Write 130 Mixed 117 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.29 93% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 19.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.1 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 173 23% 173 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 104%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

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	2,447x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,149x
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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

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 $275	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