MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	181% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '16 at 19:50
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 244 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 688 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 147 Parallax 124 112% 136 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 128 Splatting 102 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18722 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 944 (B1) Unknown 93 93 83 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22417590993	92.5% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 345 Mixed 340 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 23.6 133% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 68.3 110% 213 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 108%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,606 Write 642 Mixed 879 228% 1,042 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 41.1 204% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 515 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 38.1 117% 261 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 679GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 84 196850060 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2828 (05) Reallocated sector count 36 36 2658 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53342347 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 52457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 867 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 177 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 198 (BE) vendor-specific 56 49 806748204 (C2) HDA temperature 44 51 51539607596 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 17 196850060 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75853417428389 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3084285368 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2290256457	55.3% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 103 Mixed 98.2 73% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 95GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4101 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 948 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4073 (C2) HDA temperature 107 97 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.5% Average	Read 99.6 Write 55.2 Mixed 78.2 59% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 104%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $273	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 $178	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