MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.3% 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	259% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 12:16
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 521 60% 467 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 99% 115 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 768GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3364 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1422 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8464629761	119% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 500 Mixed 517 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 47.4 180% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 158 150% 232 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 118GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,821 Write 1,261 Mixed 1,477 406% 1,853 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 35 219% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 74.9 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 206 169% 230 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 236%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,748 Write 1,244 Mixed 1,356 391% 1,783 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 27.9 206% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 185 179% 279 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 236%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2789 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1145 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 521 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6741 (C2) HDA temperature 123 108 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82% Excellent	Read 140 Write 145 Mixed 139 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.3 110% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 174 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2025 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1145 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 521 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5345 (C2) HDA temperature 123 108 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 129 Mixed 128 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.28 111% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 29.5 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 27.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 97%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,884 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	2,450x
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 $182	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