MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 36.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	54.6% 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	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '16 at 00:51
Run Duration	426 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	36.7% Below average	Memory 60.6 1-Core 24.1 2-Core 35.9 30% 40.2 Pts	4-Core 73.4 8-Core 98.9 11% 86.2 Pts	64-Core 104 6% 104 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.6% Above average	Lighting 36.6 Reflection 56.4 Parallax 96.2 30% 63.1 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 146 Splatting 114 102% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 539 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 246 (B1) Unknown 95 95 23 (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 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7224803520	58.2% Above average	Read 469 Write 262 Mixed 277 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 14.2 75% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 32.3 DQ Mixed 10.9 14% 24.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 114%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 488GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 484 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 484 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 176094969885 (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 0	97.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 179 Mixed 181 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.22 108% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 71 229436712 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3894 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 952 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 335182020426 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -107116484359082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3667 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 99 38655295501 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1774 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22848 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 47244640283 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 58742267710261 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11186913866 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17622408388 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	56.4% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 99.2 Mixed 99.7 75% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.2 57% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.55% Terrible	Read 24.5 Write 4.61 Mixed 5.34 11% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.17 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 16% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.55% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD 2x16GB 574 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 18 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 6.9 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 86%

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Gaming 68%

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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	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
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 $273	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