MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.4% 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	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '16 at 13:33
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 241 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 708 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 61.8 57% 67.4 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 55.9 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3828 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 349 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 64 43 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7398232179	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 407 Mixed 415 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 46.4 176% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 117 145% 259 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 122%
Kingdian S280-240GB 240GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 115GB free Firmware: P0414B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 140 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3969 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15720 (F2) Unknown 100 100 29776 (F5) Unknown 100 100 15876	103% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 370 Mixed 415 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 41.5 156% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 83.5 121% 226 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 319GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 226 1175 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6047 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5287 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5822 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 40 (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	54.2% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 90.9 Mixed 88.2 69% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.44 111% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 76%
Maxtor STM31000340AS 1TB 624 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 225GB free Firmware: MX1A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 97 42647193 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10399 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 23 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25892295609 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 48 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5590 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BC) Unknown 100 71 309242429513 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 35 -3639541721 (C2) HDA temperature 39 65 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 15 42647193 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 10378	32.2% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 54.8 Mixed 63.2 44% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.26 66% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 21GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 84 94583401 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10652 (05) Reallocated sector count 41 41 1217 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 111981326 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 29 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6010 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 21475164192 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 42 988330197021 (C2) HDA temperature 29 58 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 21 94583401 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	26.3% Poor	Read 56 Write 35.5 Mixed 53.2 37% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 81%

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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	2,447x
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	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	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 $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