MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.4% 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	169% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '17 at 20:58
Run Duration	349 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 259 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 705 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 138 Parallax 120 101% 127 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 123 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000H1 256GB 3,288 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW74H0Q Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,655 Write 681 Mixed 939 240% 1,092 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 31.3 188% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 50.2 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 163 119% 148 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 237%
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000H1 256GB 3,288 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 11GB free Firmware: BXW74H0Q Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,841 Write 619 Mixed 812 238% 1,090 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 44.5 206% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 528 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 159 167% 286 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 237%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 131 9933 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23472 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1251604 (C2) HDA temperature 116 76 36 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 789 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 517 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 190 190 3010	2.74% Terrible	Read 3.99 Write 4.86 Mixed 3.23 3% 4.02 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 2.74% Great: 72%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 141GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 157 Write 115 Mixed 95.6 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.59 4K Mixed 0.71 187% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 21.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 102%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,892 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	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	243x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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