MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.6% 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	101% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 07:50
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 761 77% 623 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 87% 110 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 101 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9046 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 423 (B1) Unknown 97 97 53 (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 96 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46625940143	101% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 412 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 27.7 151% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 106 114% 193 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 197 197 25791496530 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 163 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 15 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 279 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 197569675300 (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	113% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 201 Mixed 177 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.19 100% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 121%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1780 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 1705 (C2) HDA temperature 118 111 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	109% Outstanding	Read 136 Write 243 Mixed 152 132% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.11 55% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 596GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3145 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1512 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3035 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 151 Mixed 159 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 3.11 4K Mixed 0.22 119% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 04CD F4-2666C15-8GVB 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 04CD F4-2666C15-8GVB 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 27.3 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 91%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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