MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.3% 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	264% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 17:04
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 843 84% 683 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 82.9 52% 71.7 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 56.4 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4696234 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 36043365550735 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 322 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 52 1013615689755 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 1013615689755 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4696234 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4696234 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4696234 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962465 (EA) Unknown 0 0 414 (F1) Unknown 0 0 414 (F2) Unknown 0 0 526	79.4% Very good	Read 513 Write 218 Mixed 291 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 18.7 132% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 47.6 70% 130 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,747 Write 1,236 Mixed 1,396 393% 1,793 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 27.9 209% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 192 210% 354 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 522GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 110355233 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3132 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1403158 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1724 (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 73 60 471007259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3173 (C2) HDA temperature 27 9 38654705691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 3 110355233 (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 -52819507801447 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1334448719 (F2) Unknown 100 253 888788051	81% Excellent	Read 134 Write 148 Mixed 119 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.28 89% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 355GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 135 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8203 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17956 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6252 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 931 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7271 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 26 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.5% Good	Read 112 Write 119 Mixed 110 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 33.4 110% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 48.1 SC Mixed 33.4 101% 35.2 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,882 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	2,448x
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	850x
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 $76Bench 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