MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	99.5% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 04:17
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 252 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 744 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 111 Parallax 96.4 90% 106 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 99.2 80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 510GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4649 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 417 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13450165879	99.5% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 399 Mixed 410 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 29.7 160% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 48.1 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 28.1 63% 121 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 44GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22687 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1663 (B1) Unknown 83 83 592 (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 76 52 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 133 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30974148702	94.9% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 442 Mixed 457 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 22.4 137% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 70.8 84% 137 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 203GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235949560 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8428 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61846440 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1652 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 4699127832 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 23 23 154103 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 -140737488355304 (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 -138031658950758 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17000709594 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28184201641	82.2% Excellent	Read 143 Write 144 Mixed 152 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 112%

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 (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 33 110% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 33.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,949 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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,483x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	863x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	369x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
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	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $608

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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