MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.8% 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	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). 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	19.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 16:03
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 220 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 544 60% 473 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 90% 107 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 79.9 73% 90 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 182GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,515 Write 553 Mixed 820 211% 963 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 46.2 174% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 422 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 24.6 122% 278 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 144%
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 37GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17734 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (AB) Unknown 100 100 82033488 (AE) Unknown 100 100 103 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 58 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4011 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13243 (F9) Unknown 100 100 242517027	105% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 496 Mixed 500 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 28.4 131% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 15.8 101% 230 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Plextor M6e PCIe 128GB-$93 664 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^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 5645 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2186831 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5407500 (F2) Unknown 100 100 550071	79.9% Very good	Read 415 Write 341 Mixed 373 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 30.5 123% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 21 43% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: AR17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65794504 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 52109892590 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065229831 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 723124260 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 7 7 186604 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 3 3 194859 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 77309411364 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 65794504 (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 96460670507844 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28013955965 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20917143813
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222516056 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 69038318849 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 653 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 79 4304339098 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 37 45312611123234 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1547 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 68649 (C2) HDA temperature 34 63 -140737488355294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -107069239708830 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45951059985 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44318977458	104% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 176 Mixed 181 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G 859B BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG KHX2400C15/8G 859B BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 24.6 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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