MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% 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	110% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 14:08
Run Duration	425 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 709 77% 609 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 130 Reflection 54.4 Parallax 43.9 106% 76.1 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 47 Splatting 60.8 48% 58.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8324 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1814 (B1) Unknown 95 95 103 (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 55 38 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 220 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48761782898	110% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 412 Mixed 418 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 41.3 169% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 106 131% 232 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 122%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 476GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 143 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 77 69 7203 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11714 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30232 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5677 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 53 201864314920 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1792 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 66973	78.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 146 Mixed 124 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.51 127% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 127GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 169 1941 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 860 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 826 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12690 (C2) HDA temperature 103 94 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 139 Mixed 131 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.35 133% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 129GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16519 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7029 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2451 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16795 (C2) HDA temperature 106 98 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.6% Below average	Read 59.4 Write 57.4 Mixed 64.6 46% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 69%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB 1,445 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 57GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	4.16% Terrible	Read 15.3 Write 3.57 Mixed 5.09 8% 7.98 MB/s	4K Read 4.84 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.01 18% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.16% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,893 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	2,454x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	852x
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	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	244x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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