MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.2% 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	82.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 00:30
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 668 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36E6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 102 Parallax 94.2 83% 99.1 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 81.6 70% 85.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^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 6071 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1251 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 124 (AE) Unknown 100 100 107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749216804 (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 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 32132246511 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1007349208 (F8) Unknown 100 100 427686470 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1259 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.2% Excellent	Read 484 Write 334 Mixed 337 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 22.4 110% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 34.3 76% 157 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 321GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201909112 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42230330 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1236 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59074 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 55834574879 (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 -60069412598584 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27461952348 (F2) Unknown 100 253 193425810084	74.1% Very good	Read 157 Write 101 Mixed 142 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.17 92% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 112%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 438GB free, PID 0673 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 41.7 Mixed 40.4 53% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.24 63% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	5.48% Terrible	Read 20.6 Write 5.37 Mixed 6.7 11% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.53 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 21% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.48% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 103%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,469x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,158x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	366x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	280x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16