MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.3% 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	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 23:37
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 280 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 729 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 137 Parallax 128 102% 130 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 91% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 0 (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 100 100 9416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 960 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 377 (AD) Unknown 100 100 26411507 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 30541 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20764 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15251 (F4) Unknown 100 100 403 (F5) Unknown 100 100 499 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14434328 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7202	60.1% Good	Read 476 Write 265 Mixed 354 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 8.35 74% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 46.6 DQ Mixed 24.7 35% 67.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 82%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 30GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1260 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 959 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 326 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 59878 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 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	71.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 120 Mixed 112 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 6GB free Firmware: 3.CHJ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4492 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 281396996 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1953 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 521535518 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 61 26785537 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	20% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 35.1 Mixed 35.2 26% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.38 80% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 42%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 5520 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4136 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13469 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1648 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 238 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 223339216922 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 17 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 29417	47.8% Average	Read 69.6 Write 96.5 Mixed 93.1 65% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.46 117% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 77%
Seagate M3 2TB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 84GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 53 114% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 3.68 4K Mixed 0.44 144% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 100%

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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	2,462x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	855x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	277x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 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 $43Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16