MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '16 at 03:05
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 662 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7557 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 115 Reflection 23 Parallax 111 94% 83.1 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 87.6 41% 45.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 978GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 64 154620067868 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8222060 (F7) Unknown 100 100 260711 (F8) Unknown 100 100 241013 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4396 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	74.5% Very good	Read 484 Write 347 Mixed 342 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 15.5 108% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 15.5 25% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 698GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 68 137440329758 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9219083 (F7) Unknown 100 100 295372 (F8) Unknown 100 100 254484 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3572 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	89% Excellent	Read 481 Write 346 Mixed 338 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 27.1 122% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 40.1 93% 196 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 104%
Mushkin MKNSSDTR250GB 250GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 233GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 96 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 0 (A5) Unknown 100 100 0 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 11 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 129 (F2) Unknown 100 100 97 (F5) Unknown 100 100 0	83.2% Excellent	Read 491 Write 264 Mixed 266 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 24 124% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 50.2 89% 178 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 98%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 56 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4258 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (94) Unknown 100 100 2175 (95) Unknown 100 100 129 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 87 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19642 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18657 (F5) Unknown 100 100 68128	86.2% Excellent	Read 511 Write 339 Mixed 353 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 18.3 120% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 57.9 92% 175 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 118%
MUSHKIN MKNUFDAM128GB 124GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 53GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 154 Write 26.3 Mixed 32.6 65% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 1.21 93% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 89%

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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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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