MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.1% 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	62.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 14:43
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 746 80% 635 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 113 Parallax 93.2 82% 102 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 93 Splatting 102 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% 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)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,243 Write 1,392 Mixed 1,203 355% 1,612 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 42.6 228% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 63.5 DQ Write 460 DQ Mixed 231 187% 251 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 254%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (A8) Unknown 100 100 33 (AA) Unknown 100 100 72 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1966149 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 18 (E7) Temperature 100 100 70 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5281	62.2% Good	Read 518 Write 278 Mixed 111 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 7.21 82% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 5.31 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 7.19 14% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 6GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2706698 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -56478819941178 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 27 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 38 81606869015 (C2) HDA temperature 23 38 81606869015 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2706698 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2706698 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2706698 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1250 (EA) Unknown 0 0 358 (F1) Unknown 0 0 358 (F2) Unknown 0 0 577 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1835011	47.8% Average	Read 351 Write 91.7 Mixed 133 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 9.16 84% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 83.7 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 20 36% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 73%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 108 (03) Spinup time 119 119 51578143350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 591 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 680 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 680 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 231929348118 (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	71.2% Very good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 123 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.42 104% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 68%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897026235 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 400 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 503 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 503 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 158914904088 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 164 Mixed 189 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.22 101% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 24.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,880 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	2,447x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,149x
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	124x

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 $275	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