MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 03:03
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 698 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 105 90% 110 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 224GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23389 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1073 (B1) Unknown 70 70 354 (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 61 43 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 229 (F1) Unknown 99 99 85093472955	78.8% Very good	Read 499 Write 251 Mixed 217 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 12.2 109% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 25.7 89% 199 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2198 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 74 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 59 50 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1830222687	96.3% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 418 Mixed 418 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 27.9 160% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 48.1 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 27 36% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 361GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 110 108 7483 (04) Start/Stop count 49 49 51620 (05) Reallocated sector count 114 114 687 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 60611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 49 49 51198 (C0) Power-off retract count 135 135 48998 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2560 (C2) HDA temperature 112 90 35 (C4) Reallocation count 171 171 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 105 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 0	46.4% Average	Read 88.3 Write 73.5 Mixed 71.8 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.21 53% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 88%

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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	2,449x
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	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 $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