MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 85.1%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150715
Uptime	17.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 20:09
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$310 236,621 User benchmarks, average bench 89% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	SC Int 120 SC Float 126 SC Mixed 122 98% 123 Pts	QC Int 404 QC Float 437 QC Mixed 410 94% 417 Pts	MC Int 597 MC Float 689 MC Mixed 653 97% 646 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980 Ti-$550 76,706 User benchmarks, average bench 97% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (163 fps cap detected)	60.9% Good	Lighting 163 Reflection 164 Parallax 164 51% 164 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 163 Splatting 163 68% 163 fps
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 113%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$115 236,872 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9493 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1016 (B1) Unknown 96 96 65 (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 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45876065884	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 409 Mixed 417 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 47.2 172% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 120 145% 256 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$44 461,749 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 200GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23620584 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2386 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58691168 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9420 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1013 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 74 62 437256218 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98833 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 47244640282 (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 -48318382076137 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47569477266 (F2) Unknown 100 253 962023274102	81.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 141 Mixed 136 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 845 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 127%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 6,788 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $310Bench 89%, 236,621 samples	3,230x
Core i5-6600KIntel $235Bench 86%, 129,791 samples	2,046x
Core i7-7700KIntel $355Bench 96%, 193,414 samples	409x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $329Bench 99%, 367,574 samples	1,574x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 125%, 298,873 samples	1,053x
GTX 970Nvidia $195Bench 63%, 330,181 samples	777x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $78Bench 106%, 296,153 samples	981x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $115Bench 112%, 236,872 samples	776x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $99Bench 199%, 92,831 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $140Bench 86%, 101,699 samples	513x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $117Bench 72%, 25,752 samples	488x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $145Bench 91%, 54,040 samples	273x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $997

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $329	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $78
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $225	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $115
Intel Core i7-7700K $355	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $42
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $55	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $145	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12