MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	63.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '17 at 19:15
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 230 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 575 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.9 91% 106 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 97 Splatting 102 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 401GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,203 Write 1,389 Mixed 1,195 352% 1,596 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 40.5 214% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 492 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 29.4 130% 294 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 254%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8518077 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 31679678780641 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1584 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 130 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 44 1017910132762 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 1017910132762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8518077 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8518077 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8518077 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8106 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6951 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6951 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8493	63.2% Good	Read 447 Write 126 Mixed 185 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 16.1 111% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 34.5 50% 93.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 236 233 10166 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6337 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3589 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 120 120 241062 (C2) HDA temperature 129 96 23 (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	59% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 96.9 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.43 109% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 19.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,883 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	2,449x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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