MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	234% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 00:00
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 520 69% 518 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 51.6 Parallax 55.5 38% 51.2 fps	MRender 49.7 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 39.3 35% 43.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,285 Write 1,118 Mixed 1,154 333% 1,519 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 42 219% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 62 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 171 146% 202 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5368321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -127646428001064 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2812 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 195 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 934 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5368321 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5368321 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5368321 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21838 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18460 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18460 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9600	72.5% Very good	Read 434 Write 112 Mixed 212 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 21.3 143% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 40.8 61% 115 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120175576 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 864907 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 61 623050789 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 801 (C2) HDA temperature 37 40 64424509477 (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 -30932354464871 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2321962605 (F2) Unknown 100 253 872862802	95.7% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 158 Mixed 152 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 706GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 6600 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17491149 (09) Power-on hours count 35 11 57750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3370 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 59 656736295 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11553 (C2) HDA temperature 39 41 51539607591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 6 6600 (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 36451387451707 (F1) Unknown 100 253 824119166 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2974240747	44.1% Average	Read 76.4 Write 77.3 Mixed 86.8 61% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.35 67% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 24 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,892 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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