MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	102% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 04:35
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 189 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 630 61% 501 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.9 89% 107 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6057 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 987 (B1) Unknown 96 96 66 (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 61 52 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26727476397	102% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 391 Mixed 407 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 40.7 152% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 107 121% 207 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 135 135 30090723724 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 291 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 348 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 348 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 197569478692 (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	98.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 167 Mixed 166 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 3.51 4K Mixed 0.43 155% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 217GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236403704 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1000 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50919282 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 984 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 588316705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3279 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 47244640289 (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 -111076444203198 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31158187414 (F2) Unknown 100 253 834819343420	69.6% Good	Read 134 Write 109 Mixed 110 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GRR 0420 F4-2400C15-8GRR 0215 CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 0215 CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 71%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,883 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	2,449x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
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 $95Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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