MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 00:48
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 713 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 74.8 67% 79.9 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 72 Splatting 65.5 58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7636313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -133049496895423 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 7 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 52 47248048156 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 47248048156 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7636313 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7636313 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7636313 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 107374182401 (E9) Unknown 0 0 45 (EA) Unknown 0 0 166 (F1) Unknown 0 0 166 (F2) Unknown 0 0 196	46.6% Average	Read 374 Write 189 Mixed 182 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 3.96 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 3.65 52% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 34.8 52% 97.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 10828480 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44709819 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1834 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 89 6192 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 437321754 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 875 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48682 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 38654705690 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7870 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 26345329396228 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16532625429 (F2) Unknown 100 253 604502313617	83.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 139 Mixed 114 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 910GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 140483200 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4031555 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 650 (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 77 52 386924567 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5811 (C2) HDA temperature 23 48 42949672983 (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 133814001074421 (F1) Unknown 100 253 238800567 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4887900804	97.3% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 160 Mixed 141 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 102%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,909 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,465x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,154x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	857x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	441x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	365x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16