MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.4% 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	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 09:24
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^th 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% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 704 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 107 Parallax 101 82% 103 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 88.8 75% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 197GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26142 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 165 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (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 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 112 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19953502018	96.3% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 350 Mixed 353 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 27.5 139% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 91.7 126% 234 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 126%
Intel X25-M 120GB 1,606 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50797 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 334 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1404081 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 10370 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 626070679 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 89 89 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	40.1% Average	Read 255 Write 89.6 Mixed 140 35% 162 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 7.14 70% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 57.4 DQ Mixed 36.6 45% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 46%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 346GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 120 120 38686032352 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 67285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 526 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8187 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 231928954916 (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	53.9% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 99.2 Mixed 93.2 71% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 61%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 640GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 81 Write 78.4 Mixed 61.7 93% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 15 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 95%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,884 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	2,450x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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