MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.8% 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	67.2% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '16 at 23:12
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 572 76% 569 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 89.5 60% 76.3 fps	MRender 64.3 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 83.8 59% 70.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 100 353 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (A6) Unknown 100 100 350 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 402 (A9) Unknown 100 100 16 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 381 (AE) Unknown 100 100 95 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 206158430248 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 40201 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1786 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1102	67.2% Good	Read 504 Write 202 Mixed 271 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 3.85 114% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 3.88 25% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 78%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 49 (A9) Unknown 100 100 37 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 201863462953 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1932 (F1) Unknown 253 253 399 (F2) Unknown 253 253 379	73.3% Very good	Read 494 Write 205 Mixed 287 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 3.96 116% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 23.2 70% 152 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 431GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 190443490 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6756893 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 63 572194849 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 645 (C2) HDA temperature 33 12 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 190443490 (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 67104569033338 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3842923249 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3052671707	91% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 153 Mixed 130 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-4GVR Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 0420 F4-2400C15-4GVR Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2484, 2484, 2484, 2484 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

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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	2,462x
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	855x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	277x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

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 $177	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