MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.2% 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	86.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '17 at 05:59
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 789 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2062 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 126 Parallax 107 97% 117 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 109 Splatting 110 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT256MX100SSD1 128GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 111GB free Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (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 1572 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4634 (B1) Unknown 100 100 132928 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 947 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 265546 (F2) Unknown 100 100 396393	78.9% Very good	Read 497 Write 208 Mixed 289 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 30.7 117% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 17.7 73% 165 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 102GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^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 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 55 193274773530 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2460950264 (F7) Unknown 100 100 76965304 (F8) Unknown 100 100 27822341 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1935 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	67.7% Good	Read 467 Write 323 Mixed 335 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 14.8 91% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 37.9 36% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 99%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^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 5349 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3144 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 68 (AE) Unknown 100 100 326 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 49 219044511770 (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 60 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20853691599 (F7) Unknown 100 100 654701635 (F8) Unknown 100 100 459616393	86.8% Excellent	Read 511 Write 327 Mixed 394 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 28.7 143% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 20.2 34% 61.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 97%
Seagate ST31000528AS 500GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 452GB free Firmware: AX001C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 1066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14306 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 4657 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13301 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 101 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 42 454426651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 76 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3407924 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 91432 (C2) HDA temperature 73 42 454426651 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.6% Good	Read 108 Write 113 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 356GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 89 96121533 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6991 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 209 (07) Seek error rate 43 43 14225010314185 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7204 (B7) Unknown 1 1 210 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 30 30 70 (BC) Unknown 100 93 773105910585 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 454426651 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 77309411355 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 25 96121533 (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 72795400728851 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2389435730 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2277333855	61.6% Good	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 83.5 74% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.48 102% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.6% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 14.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 90%

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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	2,463x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,154x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	857x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	365x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16