MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). 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	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 11:56
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 588 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3177) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 79.9 66% 81 fps	MRender 55.9 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 65.9 53% 64.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3654 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 166 (B1) Unknown 94 94 126 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 6 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20715057354	44% Average	Read 426 Write 169 Mixed 228 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.85 62% 14.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDS723020ALA640 2TB 565 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7OAAU0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 87 (03) Spinup time 131 131 42981982662 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 166 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1423 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1423 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 167504904224 (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	79.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 153 Mixed 76 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.51 136% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 82%
Maxtor 6V300F0 300GB 1,297 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 279GB free Firmware: VA111630 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 187 185 24284 (04) Start/Stop count 252 252 3594 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 230 227 34543 (09) Power-on hours count 167 167 30061 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 251 251 803 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 655491107 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 253 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 1127 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 218 218 35 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 251 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 1 0	38.9% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 72.6 Mixed 57.3 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.33 108% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 39%
Samsung M3 Portable 1.5TB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1.5TB free, PID 61b4 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 43 Mixed 37.8 52% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.32 67% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 125%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,882 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	2,448x
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	850x
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 $76Bench 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) $35	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