MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


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 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 18:01
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	10%

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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 540 70% 529 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8549) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1452 MHz, MLim: 1780 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 110 Parallax 95.2 75% 98.9 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 86 Splatting 82 70% 86.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17640 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1051 (B1) Unknown 91 91 295 (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 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 145 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44649063377	86% Excellent	Read 492 Write 270 Mixed 322 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 22.1 131% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 67.1 101% 194 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 24GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17537 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 567 (B1) Unknown 63 63 773 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 161 (BE) vendor-specific 72 39 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 161 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1236112354707	105% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 403 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 36.1 151% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 104 134% 243 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 67336160 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 976 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 112631839 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 976 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 437911578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 110735 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 34359738394 (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 -76944339099607 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50543450707 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51750360730	95.7% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 180 Mixed 173 128% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.35 105% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 33.1 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 30 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,915 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	2,468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,156x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	442x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	366x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16