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MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94% 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	104% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 00:25
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 530 71% 529 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 98% 115 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 86% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2090 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 539 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26022006567	104% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 195 Mixed 412 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 50.1 186% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 129 149% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$77 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 239106344 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8476082 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (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 69 54 554827807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6380 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 77309411359 (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 28544352650007 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11372030939 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3996553043	91% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 151 Mixed 145 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04HEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 646 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 78%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 5,117 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 $165Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,196x
Core i7-6700Intel $165Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	325x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	461x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	382x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	310x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	295x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	129x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	289x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	248x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	204x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $703

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