MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.2% 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	220% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 05:17
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 733 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.4 92% 110 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,991 Write 891 Mixed 1,082 290% 1,321 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 51.9 223% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 525 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 193 205% 346 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151947528 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2732 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 53 335023296952 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 502 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 606076964 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33043 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 90194313252 (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 -31482110271197 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19093867986 (F2) Unknown 100 253 257896534812	84.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 154 Mixed 106 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 0GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 189726624 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1662 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36137029 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (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 54 606076963 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1828 (C2) HDA temperature 35 21 90194313251 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 189726624 (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 -90245852818381 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19522532712 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30153685540	72.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 120 Mixed 121 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 113%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 6GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 106 Write 39.5 Mixed 58 76% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.19 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.88 90% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 32.2 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 29.9 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

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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