MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	84.8% 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	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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '16 at 09:00
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 100 2-Core 208 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 368 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 110 92% 113 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13671 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 479 (B1) Unknown 93 93 82 (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 68 58 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 104 (F1) Unknown 99 99 63892367716	84.8% Excellent	Read 495 Write 323 Mixed 339 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 23 119% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 21.3 71% 161 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 484GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 244 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 196 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 150 Mixed 145 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.29 138% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 109%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 182GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 183 1783 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7165 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22292 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2230 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 31 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 63880 (C2) HDA temperature 122 78 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	29.7% Poor	Read 50.5 Write 52.6 Mixed 50.1 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 85%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,882 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	2,448x
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	850x
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 $76Bench 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