MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.2% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 15:49
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	52%

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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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 679 65% 536 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 136 Parallax 129 119% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (42^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 1755 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (A2) Unknown 100 100 191 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393238 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2778 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3801	80.2% Excellent	Read 516 Write 342 Mixed 358 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 9.87 97% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 47.3 93% 189 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172929880 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7877334 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 505020445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13217 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 38654705693 (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 83451214562110 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5840985539 (F2) Unknown 100 253 170315709666	93.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 151 Mixed 150 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 31.5 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 30.8 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 117%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,909 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	2,465x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	441x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	365x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16