MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	258% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 14:00
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 638 62% 512 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 342GB free Firmware: LSF036C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 78 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1120 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 207 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 39 53 124557525031 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 207 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 46956 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 46956 (F2) Unknown 100 100 103963 (F9) Unknown 100 100 747 (FC) Unknown 100 100 3	101% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 432 Mixed 421 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 39.5 139% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 51.1 96% 190 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 95%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,944 Write 1,627 Mixed 1,595 383% 1,722 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 62.4 208% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 419 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 175 179% 295 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 353%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 13GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 150 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (64) Unknown 100 100 171664 (65) Unknown 100 100 32192 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 101 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 683 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 167504969755 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 308 (EA) Unknown 100 100 187 (F1) Unknown 100 100 250 (F2) Unknown 100 100 131 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	61.3% Good	Read 461 Write 195 Mixed 216 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 11.3 78% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 23.1 62% 136 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,903 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	2,462x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	855x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	277x
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	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16