MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	23.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.6% 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

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '16 at 16:24
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 502 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PowerColor(148C 3000) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 28.3 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 33.7 23% 30.8 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 36 24% 28.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 650 120GB 2,684 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT01B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 753 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 591 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3277365654	85.6% Excellent	Read 511 Write 422 Mixed 474 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 22.3 125% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 84.4 DQ Mixed 52.4 42% 57.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 716GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12896829630 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 947 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 910 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 947 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 947 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 227634708511 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.5% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 174 Mixed 167 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.2 90% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 24.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,961 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,490x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,163x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	446x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	370x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	304x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	273x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16