MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.6% 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	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '16 at 23:20
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 461 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 104 92% 111 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 94.2 79% 97.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 128GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 18 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12887261206 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 31 133145296923 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 42949672970 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 119 (EA) Unknown 100 100 189 (F1) Unknown 253 253 160 (F2) Unknown 253 253 25 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.3% Good	Read 452 Write 167 Mixed 196 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 14.9 87% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 50.9 94% 191 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 101%
Samsun 840 Series 250GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3240 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1397 (B1) Unknown 94 94 72 (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 73 51 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 1 1 4294967295 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22570281773	72% Very good	Read 480 Write 220 Mixed 155 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 11.8 96% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 30.4 86% 189 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 81%
WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 622GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 182 166 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4450 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3485 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 149938 (C2) HDA temperature 123 101 27 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.6% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 105 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 67%
Samsun SP2004C 200GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 30GB free Firmware: VM100-50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5824 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14572 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12868 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5982 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 459098 (BE) vendor-specific 157 88 27 (C2) HDA temperature 157 88 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6097 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	21.5% Poor	Read 35.6 Write 39.2 Mixed 39 29% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.26 64% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 79%

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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	2,462x
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 $97Bench 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