MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	213% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '16 at 10:34
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 758 81% 643 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4474 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.67% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.12 7% 9.24 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.67% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,644 Write 813 Mixed 1,056 258% 1,171 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 53.6 253% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 190 218% 385 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 243%
Sandisk S060GG25 60GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 26GB free Firmware: 362A13F0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -44143673866283 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1737 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2368 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1728 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1728 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4352	38.9% Below average	Read 191 Write 57.8 Mixed 89.9 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 13.1 83% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 97.3 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 25.2 33% 60.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 46%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 237GB free Firmware: SD81 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86996706 (03) Spinup time 93 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10904 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 55947206883 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 7598 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 46 1013628010764 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 488046621 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 32 86996706 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 30	52.4% Above average	Read 91 Write 91.5 Mixed 78.4 65% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.4 100% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 21.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

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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