MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	82.4% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 01:53
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 538 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6171) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 121 Parallax 99.6 88% 109 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 106 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1670 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 207 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 52 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8793063004	82.4% Excellent	Read 385 Write 297 Mixed 308 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 27.4 148% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.4 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 27.3 48% 89.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152179904 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 111 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 303188 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (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 67 63 555614241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 679 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 94489280545 (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 -20010252631614 (F1) Unknown 100 253 636806610 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1478547660	97.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 165 Mixed 163 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152806544 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 87 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 120765 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 415 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (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 70 66 521863198 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 528 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 94489280542 (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 -125425929944687 (F1) Unknown 100 253 619747070 (F2) Unknown 100 253 333887256	104% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 173 Mixed 163 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.18 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152787800 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 710 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4219294 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (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 67 62 555548705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4256 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 81604378657 (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 -56603373993245 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4679574337 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6840551339	92.1% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 145 Mixed 153 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim Mac SL 1TB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 851GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 37.6 Mixed 38.8 29% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 63%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 485GB free Firmware: AX1P4M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 911 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 936 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3100 (0A) Spinup retry count 118 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 867 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 112 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6871 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184684707869 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 59 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2436 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 266 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	58% Above average	Read 103 Write 98.9 Mixed 89.8 73% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 57%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 466GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3506 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24924 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1026 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 76 76 24935 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 244814184478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 6 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 24941	58.6% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 107 Mixed 95.9 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.35 99% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 29.3 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 28.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 104%

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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	1,152x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

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 $15	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