MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 106%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	97.5% 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	116% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 02:54
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-6600K-$212 78,233 User benchmarks - Average bench 90% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	SC Int 137 SC Float 146 SC Mixed 142 113% 142 Pts	QC Int 545 QC Float 580 QC Mixed 560 127% 562 Pts	MC Int 527 MC Float 558 MC Mixed 533 81% 539 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980 Ti-$560 45,986 User benchmarks - Average bench 100% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 312 Reflection 288 Parallax 315 94% 305 fps	MRender 196 Gravity 294 Splatting 193 101% 228 fps
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DM003-1ER162 250GB 14 User benchmarks - Average bench 106% 26GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9600 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 142 (B1) Unknown 97 97 56 (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 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7896015983	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 496 Mixed 506 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 54 198% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 46.3 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 32 40% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 136%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$44 202,981 User benchmarks - Average bench 89% 911GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 74375408 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 41624 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (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 74 67 437518362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2239 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 30064771098 (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 76935749173365 (F1) Unknown 100 253 85517949 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40125077	91.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 155 Mixed 171 124% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GB 187 User benchmarks - Average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

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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 5,704 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 65%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $132

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $320Bench 92%, 128,728 samples	2,887x
Core i5-6600KIntel $212Bench 90%, 78,233 samples	1,931x
Core i7-6700Intel $293Bench 80%, 33,182 samples	257x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $390Bench 99%, 133,739 samples	1,257x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 175,986 samples	916x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 126%, 75,606 samples	662x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 95%, 136,323 samples	1,088x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $165Bench 96%, 87,726 samples	757x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $334Bench 177%, 15,001 samples	201x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $124Bench 71%, 10,797 samples	450x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $132Bench 81%, 25,037 samples	426x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $133Bench 88%, 15,451 samples	278x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,062

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $268	AMD RX 480 $260	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $136
Intel Core i5-7600K $224	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $239	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $165

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $714	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $34
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $132	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $23
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $44	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $133	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13