MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.7% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '18 at 01:33
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 685 74% 588 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.2 81% 102 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 98.6 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 329GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,070 Write 1,379 Mixed 1,201 342% 1,550 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 50.1 216% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 516 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 106 133% 247 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 254%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6105252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -94824287956436 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 141 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6105252 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6105252 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6105252 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5726 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6888 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6888 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26228	58.3% Above average	Read 196 Write 167 Mixed 146 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 18.1 121% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 17.9 41% 85.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10399023 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10046 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 259665307 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4587 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 90196410418 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 454557723 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 17 10399023 (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 121302761358524 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1321925376 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4273507723	67% Good	Read 119 Write 115 Mixed 115 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.65 134% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 70%
Maxtor 6Y080M0 80GB 614 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1GB free Firmware: YAR51HW0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 220 211 7874 (04) Start/Stop count 249 249 7958 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 245 44243 (09) Power-on hours count 227 227 27495 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 249 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 236 236 7020 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 252 251 35861 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 197 191 8 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 251 11 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 76 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 18 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 249 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 193 188 0 (63) Unknown 253 253 0 (64) Unknown 253 253 0 (65) Unknown 253 253 0	30.7% Below average	Read 51.1 Write 55.5 Mixed 52.4 40% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.45 115% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 32%
WD 3200AAJ External 320GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 147GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 39.6 Mixed 13.5 37% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 32.1 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 46.1 SC Mixed 31.7 96% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,883 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	2,449x
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	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 $95Bench 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