MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 12 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '17 at 23:22
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$182 180,044 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 394 54% 394 Pts	64-Core 393 26% 393 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$125 823,201 User benchmarks, average bench 50% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 71.1 Parallax 64.5 58% 69 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 65 Splatting 56.4 54% 65.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,249 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 100 100 813 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 947 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 171 (AE) Unknown 100 100 69 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 175269 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 864 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18636 (F1) Unknown 100 100 298184 (F2) Unknown 100 100 150732	80.5% Excellent	Read 462 Write 328 Mixed 367 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 26.7 103% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 74.9 101% 183 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 2,961,831 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 140GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1438 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1108 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1359 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 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	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 177 Mixed 146 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.34 125% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,919 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2155 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 86%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 9,847 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $130

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $291Bench 82%, 611,852 samples	4,783x
Core i5-6600KIntel $209Bench 80%, 367,403 samples	2,502x
Core i7-6700Intel $291Bench 75%, 271,494 samples	609x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,295,591 samples	1,775x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 106%, 1,055,851 samples	1,017x
GTX 970Nvidia $125Bench 50%, 823,201 samples	871x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $92Bench 105%, 890,237 samples	795x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 807,368 samples	751x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 572,494 samples	294x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 80%, 558,010 samples	616x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 70%, 101,586 samples	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 606,492 samples	384x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $719

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $280	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $111
Intel Core i7-12700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16