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 above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	296% 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	14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 14:16
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 573 77% 573 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,880 Write 1,244 Mixed 1,390 402% 1,838 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 49.4 261% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 269 301% 517 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 36GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2499 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1466 (B1) Unknown 95 95 154 (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 48 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 225 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24446713315	110% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 438 Mixed 487 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 28.4 160% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 81.4 134% 260 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 21GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2962 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 43 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2680074600842 (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 85 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	79.4% Very good	Read 511 Write 194 Mixed 280 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 13.7 130% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 13.7 68% 159 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 130GB free Firmware: 1AA01110 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 7930 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4378 (05) Reallocated sector count 91 91 381 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 425 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3931 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 55 286326801 (C2) HDA temperature 78 47 370212886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 231084 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 95 67 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	33.1% Below average	Read 49.3 Write 65.7 Mixed 59 44% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.42 102% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 24.1 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,884 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,450x
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	851x
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 $95Bench 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) $30	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