MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	225% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 19:47
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 481 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.6 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 62.4 56% 67.1 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 54.1 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5445 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1182 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 275 (AE) Unknown 99 99 73 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 944 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 45 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 70560 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13276 (F2) Unknown 99 99 19825	225% Outstanding	Read 1,929 Write 1,205 Mixed 1,106 312% 1,413 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 45.4 186% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 439 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 184 198% 331 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 220%
WD WD2502ABYS-02B7A0 251GB 1,793 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 150GB free Firmware: 02.03B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 152 3258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1123 (05) Reallocated sector count 63 63 1091 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 7 7 68064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 715 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1123 (C2) HDA temperature 105 95 38 (C4) Reallocation count 15 15 185 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 175 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 175 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 189 0	58.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.7 Mixed 95.4 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.34 105% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 64%
Seagate ST3250310NS 250GB-$80 1,187 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 81GB free Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 62 215120926 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 269 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 241665329 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 265 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 41 41 59 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 604897315 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 21 215120926 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	31.3% Below average	Read 54.3 Write 54.2 Mixed 55.1 41% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.48 117% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3333C16 029E CMK8GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK8GX4M2B3333C16 029E CMK8GX4M2B3200C16 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	106% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 34.6 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 30.2 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,893 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,454x
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	852x
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 $90Bench 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	244x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $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 $45	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