MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.8% 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	77% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '16 at 03:34
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 705 75% 598 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 117 Reflection 119 Parallax 106 95% 114 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 90.6 79% 97.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT256G1122 256GB 1,971 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 275 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 154618822692 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 49 (F1) Unknown 253 253 46 (F2) Unknown 253 253 32	77% Very good	Read 479 Write 322 Mixed 390 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 4.24 102% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 29.6 80% 167 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 84%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 192GB free Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 167 100 167 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 251 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 37 158914904097 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 679 (F1) Unknown 253 253 361 (F2) Unknown 253 253 162 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 400 Write 420 Mixed 305 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 21.5 122% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 48.2 84% 164 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3127128 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 141150 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (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 73 60 605683739 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 98784247835 (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 59064390254609 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1439524115 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1966959	70.7% Very good	Read 75.2 Write 170 Mixed 147 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.76 213% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.1% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 46%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,884 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	2,450x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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