MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% 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	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '17 at 19:01
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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)	86% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 646 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 106 91% 112 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 101 Splatting 90.2 78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5202 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 210454446112 (F1) Unknown 100 100 222118	79.3% Very good	Read 516 Write 335 Mixed 338 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 9.44 92% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 43.7 96% 199 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 560GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896633012 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 879 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 576 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 893 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 893 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 193274576928 (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 200 200 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 163 Write 132 Mixed 150 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 0215 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 0215 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 75%

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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