MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.48% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	94.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 18:08
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 240 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 419 47% 369 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 848A) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.48% Terrible	Lighting 9.6 Reflection 8.81 Parallax 10.8 8% 9.74 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 11.1 Splatting 12.1 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.48% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4087 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 618 (B1) Unknown 96 96 73 (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 95 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19153668105	94.4% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 404 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 25.7 144% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.5 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 24.3 58% 113 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 115%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 0GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 197 100 1221 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1104 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1627 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1680 (A9) Unknown 100 100 42 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1648 (AE) Unknown 100 100 213 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 249108103212 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 334644 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5680 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11069	80.9% Excellent	Read 493 Write 365 Mixed 318 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 4.32 104% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 28.8 81% 169 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 86%
Samsung STORY Station 1TB 625 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 410GB free, PID 5f05 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 25.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 24.8 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $134	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