MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 17:41
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 154 2-Core 309 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 617 82% 614 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 854A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 76.6 Parallax 67.6 63% 73.8 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 73 59% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7291 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2501 (B1) Unknown 97 97 179 (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 49 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 179 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41499601050	109% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 447 Mixed 463 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 25 157% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 112 149% 269 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 70GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8600990732 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -121573344276490 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2162 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1355 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 40 30067392536 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 30067392536 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 102 8600990732 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 102 102 8600990732 (CC) Soft ECC correction 102 102 8600990732 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 38654705665 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10385 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4538 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4538 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8982 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4522032	67.1% Good	Read 439 Write 117 Mixed 174 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 14.6 130% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 36.3 52% 94.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 384GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 1496 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 13115131377 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3457 (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 69 54 521994271 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 30064771103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 28 1496 (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 137675176683190 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2517781111 (F2) Unknown 100 253 153483886	71.2% Very good	Read 119 Write 129 Mixed 111 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.79 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x4GB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3101 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 30.1 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 33.1 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 90%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,892 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	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
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 $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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