MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 02:38
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 281 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 806 85% 678 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB; MSI gaming trio X 11 GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 171 Parallax 146 128% 158 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 176 Splatting 124 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3194 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 894 (B1) Unknown 93 93 31 (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 57 41 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 151 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11247869486	74.1% Very good	Read 493 Write 275 Mixed 276 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 18 121% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 43.1 DQ Write 76.3 DQ Mixed 42.8 37% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 293GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 7 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897681602 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4905 (05) Reallocated sector count 29 29 1455 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8199 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3496 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4908 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4908 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 236224708644 (C4) Reallocation count 27 27 1511 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.5% Good	Read 115 Write 120 Mixed 113 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 74%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 201GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 2 1309 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6200 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3030 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6522 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2346 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 2 1309 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 5246 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 49 403963928 (C2) HDA temperature 70 47 504627230 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 230163 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 1 146604 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	40.2% Average	Read 69 Write 71 Mixed 72.9 54% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.36 75% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 59%
WDC WD50 00BPVT-22HXZT1 500GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 22GB free, PID 70f1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 39.9 Write 39.7 Mixed 9.16 35% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.19 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27.7 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 110%

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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	2,465x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,154x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	857x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	441x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	365x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16