MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	55.5% 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '18 at 03:04
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 412 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 411 26% 411 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 89% 109 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 81.2 73% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 120GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 73GB free Firmware: SBFA10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 926 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 71 58 180389675037	88.6% Excellent	Read 477 Write 420 Mixed 471 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 11.4 115% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 11.3 77% 176 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 89%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 34723354 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 30185030170766 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2192 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 198 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 47 60132622363 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 60132622363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 34723354 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 34723354 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 34723354 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 85 85 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 48736 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17562 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17562 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18523 (F4) Unknown 89 89 196739415	55.5% Above average	Read 437 Write 110 Mixed 158 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 13.6 93% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 82.3 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 19.6 37% 72.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 626GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 205073423 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48641941 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1551 (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 65 56 705822755 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5426 (C2) HDA temperature 35 14 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 205073423 (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 9268539432155 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16561520274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19558463132	100% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 173 Mixed 154 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.29 87% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 258GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62521424 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 21602561126 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2842 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 189634052129 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 115158 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -97448512967469 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29771164057 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40205922399	74.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 126 Mixed 97.3 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,907 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	2,463x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
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 $98Bench 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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16