MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '17 at 00:13
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 770 81% 649 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 160 Parallax 150 122% 153 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 142 Splatting 117 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3216 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6287934490122 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 34 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 41 253403070509 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2211923689987 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3983 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14717 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7147 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12783 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.8% Above average	Read 483 Write 155 Mixed 323 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 0.04 77% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.8 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 5 19% 39.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 228GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 239567281 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 609 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33150372 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 586 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 72 72 28 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 504627230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 612 (C2) HDA temperature 30 17 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 239567281 (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 34557306867128 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14942545230 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12903033788	86.5% Excellent	Read 138 Write 164 Mixed 156 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.6% Average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 85%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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