MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '17 at 04:53
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 81.1 2-Core 152 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 249 32% 244 Pts	64-Core 284 18% 284 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 107 Parallax 91.7 80% 98.7 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 93.2 75% 92 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 240GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 112GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 864 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 258 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65539 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 356	97% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 494 Mixed 517 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 14.6 119% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 13.3 81% 185 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABS0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 132 132 21493055782 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1819 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1814 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1819 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1819 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 231928954915 (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	86.8% Excellent	Read 146 Write 157 Mixed 147 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 108%

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 way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 17.5 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 95%

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

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,902 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	2,462x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	855x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	277x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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