MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	255% 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	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

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '17 at 23:43
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 281 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 760 79% 635 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 370F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 135 Parallax 111 108% 126 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 149 Splatting 113 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 417GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 464 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5373998 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 320 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 65 279174053919 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55835492366 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 555 (EA) Unknown 100 100 961 (F1) Unknown 253 253 914 (F2) Unknown 253 253 391 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 348 Mixed 310 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 19.8 132% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 41.2 95% 201 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,767 Write 1,000 Mixed 1,213 362% 1,660 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 31.9 223% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 441 DQ Write 416 DQ Mixed 211 218% 356 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 236%
Seagate Portable 500GB 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 141GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 41.2 Write 41.9 Mixed 35.6 51% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.31 46% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.7% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 21.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 107%

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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