MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (87%). 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	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 153 78% 125 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 363 52% 382 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 76.4 65% 79 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 74.3 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3740 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7280112961625 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 40 257698037820 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3058021171912 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 576 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10020 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4210 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1960 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	35.2% Below average	Read 494 Write 52.2 Mixed 125 48% 224 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 1.24 40% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 13.8 DQ Write 48.7 DQ Mixed 1.25 10% 21.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 984GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191868736 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4255 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 327725628 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1026 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 639959078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12571 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 68719476774 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 97663261361167 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20864233555049 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5814872137483	98.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 169 Mixed 149 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.37 102% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 784GB free Firmware: SM15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93327920 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4460232365 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 42 35067002922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22765 (C2) HDA temperature 42 58 60129542186 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	40.5% Average	Read 70.8 Write 69.7 Mixed 69.8 53% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 3.65 4K Mixed 0.43 125% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 65%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 373GB free, PID a0a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 39.3 Write 38.6 Mixed 38.7 50% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.21 43% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 19.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 18.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 111%

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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 $133	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