MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 07:57
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 745 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 190 Parallax 171 125% 171 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 170 Splatting 123 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 70657333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 39161511815008 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1486 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 205 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 42 64427261984 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 64427261984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 70657333 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 70657333 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 70657333 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 87 87 77309411328 (E9) Unknown 0 0 61704 (EA) Unknown 0 0 50331 (F1) Unknown 0 0 50331 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20562 (F4) Unknown 84 84 33227259	64.1% Good	Read 441 Write 128 Mixed 174 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 16.5 117% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 90.4 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 35.9 48% 86.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 73%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 400 (03) Spinup time 186 163 1700 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7998 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5142 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 878 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 209195 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	37.4% Below average	Read 65 Write 64.8 Mixed 66.1 49% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.32 104% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 12GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 130 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5042 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9933 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1471 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 209265 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 33 (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	55.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 89.4 Mixed 104 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 87%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 21GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 57.1 Write 78.4 Mixed 85.1 100% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 23.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 85%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,918 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

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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	1,157x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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