MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	10.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 23:45
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 742 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 209 Parallax 199 150% 197 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 183 Splatting 132 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1717 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103083475001 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 41 253403070498 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 81605951512 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 405 (EA) Unknown 100 100 533 (F1) Unknown 253 253 475 (F2) Unknown 253 253 104 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.4% Very good	Read 481 Write 441 Mixed 460 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 4.98 72% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 5.83 63% 143 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3983 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 841 (B1) Unknown 97 97 55 (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 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 135 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22657336716	100% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 405 Mixed 414 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 26.6 152% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 26.1 78% 165 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 413GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 32 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 870 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 836 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 691 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	89% Excellent	Read 157 Write 152 Mixed 147 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.36 145% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2800C15-8GVR 0821 8GX-D4-2800-MR 0420 F4-2800C15-8GVR 0821 8GX-D4-2800-MR 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 29.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 29.1 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 94%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,937 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,476x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,160x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	862x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	282x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	272x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16