MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% 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	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 16:52
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 122 2-Core 217 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 519 57% 452 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1424) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 94.8 82% 102 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 97.3 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^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 11149 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 87 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 41 253404315700 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 36037541611 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1241969192 (F8) Unknown 100 100 482819793 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1948 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	45.3% Average	Read 442 Write 252 Mixed 267 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 19.6 4K Mixed 8.07 39% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 12.2 DQ Write 19.8 DQ Mixed 25.9 17% 19.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 298GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 172 1525 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6930 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18598 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 30 (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	78.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 132 Mixed 155 108% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 109%
Corsair Flash Voyager USB 3.0 32GB-$88 406 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 27GB free, PID 1a03 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 73.8 Write 43.6 Mixed 47 65% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 1.16 127% 5.06 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GB 1,963 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 101%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,932 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	2,474x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,159x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	862x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	281x
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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16