MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (30%). 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 10:09
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 234 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 632 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Lighting 7.43 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 7.16 6% 8.43 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 15.5 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD1003FZEX-00K3CA0 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15417425 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -48704929129951 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1825 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 111 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 39 73016999963 (C2) HDA temperature 27 39 73016999963 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15417425 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15417425 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15417425 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11565 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9334 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9334 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8607 (F4) Unknown 97 97 196673645	45.1% Average	Read 176 Write 88.5 Mixed 108 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 11.7 98% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 30.3 43% 80.7 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 100%
Hitachi HTS727550A9E364 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 170 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 684 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 628 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2523 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 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	59.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 96.5 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.33 102% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 93%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 500GB-$59 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 98GB free Firmware: JF3OA0E0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 194 100 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7105 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 10999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3569 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 442393165824 (BC) Unknown 100 100 68723736576 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 387645465 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 701 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2949165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 271766 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	47% Average	Read 84.9 Write 78.6 Mixed 73.3 59% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 109%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,910 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,466x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,154x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	441x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	365x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16