MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.9% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 16:14
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 752 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 66.6 65% 75.1 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 72.9 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22017564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 129415954572487 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 950 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 74 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 41 47247327262 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 47247327262 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22017564 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22017564 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22017564 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 73014444033 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29501 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19410 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19410 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10661 (F4) Unknown 93 93 15532269	63.9% Good	Read 419 Write 128 Mixed 148 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 15.5 124% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 7.79 28% 57.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120651272 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 992 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18089334 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 947 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538181664 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14608 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 42949672992 (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 -125606318563161 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8457228115 (F2) Unknown 100 253 108582525517	95.5% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 157 Mixed 155 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 25.9 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 28.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 105%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,877 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	2,445x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,148x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	849x
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	300x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	269x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	242x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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