MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% 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	144% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 13:16
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 464 56% 430 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 114 90% 114 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 83.3 76% 93.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,662 Write 363 Mixed 552 186% 859 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 26.2 175% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 48.3 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 26 43% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 214%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 23 (C2) HDA temperature 120 116 30 (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	97.6% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 169 Mixed 152 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.24 112% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 243GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 603 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 601 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 465 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 29 (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	83.7% Excellent	Read 144 Write 147 Mixed 122 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.26 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra T C 32GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 28GB free, PID 5596 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 141 Write 97.8 Mixed 112 144% 117 MB/s	4K Read 6.24 4K Write 3.27 4K Mixed 1.63 190% 3.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.9% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 103%

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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) $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