MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 23:43
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 484 67% 496 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 71.9 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 96.5 59% 78.5 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 54.3 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 366GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 535 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 110 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1072654201	108% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 414 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 46.1 182% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 27.4 55% 105 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3930 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 822 (B1) Unknown 98 98 36 (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 65 47 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17094920642	94.4% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 417 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 26.2 154% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 25.8 33% 56.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 151GB free Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 81 112846253 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6275 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 433670864 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3247 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555483169 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 55 112194445 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	48.7% Average	Read 84.9 Write 84.7 Mixed 73.6 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 54%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 43GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1040 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3918 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 936 (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 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.5% Above average	Read 114 Write 92.8 Mixed 120 83% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.19 93% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 41GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 39.4 Write 14.1 Mixed 17.7 26% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 1.39 121% 2.49 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 28 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 25.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 118%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,883 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	2,449x
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 $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