MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 17:13
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 761 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 146 Parallax 131 117% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 506 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 631 (B1) Unknown 99 99 22 (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 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7871552571	123% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 492 Mixed 498 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 46.6 184% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 26.8 108% 241 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 372GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 638 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1662 (C2) HDA temperature 126 114 24 (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	59.7% Above average	Read 115 Write 93 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.18 83% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 301GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 170 2133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 639 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 608 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 26 (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	78.5% Very good	Read 147 Write 126 Mixed 147 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.28 98% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 232GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 174 170 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 645 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 626 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4214 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 25 (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	65.2% Good	Read 130 Write 96.7 Mixed 79.4 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 26.2 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 85%

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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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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