MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 22:25
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 466 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 3416) CLim: 1281 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Lighting 60.5 Reflection 65.9 Parallax 77.1 49% 67.8 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 54.1 48% 59.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9260 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 896 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 680 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6095034 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C2) HDA temperature 74 55 193274511386 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18796 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9419 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10921 (F4) Unknown 100 100 93 (F5) Unknown 100 100 186 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6399680	92.8% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 449 Mixed 346 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 13.8 106% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 14.1 100% 230 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 111%
Kingston SHSS37A240G 1TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 608GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 134338632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 170 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4781282 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (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 61 387383319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 210 (C2) HDA temperature 23 13 55834574871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 134338632 (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 -57389353007442 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1121179364 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1326338629	95.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 159 Mixed 136 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.26 84% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 180GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177573368 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4100 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45007607 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1443 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 57 404160536 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32844 (C2) HDA temperature 24 43 51539607576 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -80062485357282 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12102678459 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2132829371596	79.6% Very good	Read 168 Write 110 Mixed 128 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0748 320GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 164GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 62.9 Write 55.4 Mixed 53.4 72% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.31 45% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 1x8GB 4,896 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 52%

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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