MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	67.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 20:28
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 207 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 420 55% 416 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 73%

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: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.1 93% 110 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 101 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41000WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 480 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6225995 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 315 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 61 261994446877 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 90194313237 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 221 (EA) Unknown 100 100 550 (F1) Unknown 253 253 473 (F2) Unknown 253 253 616 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67.6% Good	Read 478 Write 191 Mixed 216 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 19.2 85% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 12.8 75% 175 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 100%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186948640 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1097901 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 69 504692765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 101 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 90194313245 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	92.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 154 Mixed 145 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.15 73% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.7% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.7 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,892 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	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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