MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 07:13
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 448 59% 445 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 217 Parallax 190 157% 200 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 190 Splatting 135 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 127GB free Firmware: 5.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -78048145685825 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1909 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 61 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3832 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5681 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5681 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5324	59.4% Above average	Read 184 Write 157 Mixed 152 37% 164 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 18 123% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 34.3 60% 116 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 67%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8582704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -78589311571488 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1009 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 34 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 53 73017917483 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8582704 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8582704 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8582704 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 34359738369 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12223 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9535 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9535 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6960	72.5% Very good	Read 480 Write 150 Mixed 190 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 21.1 126% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 38.9 64% 123 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 27GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1752 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10712 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1743 (C2) HDA temperature 103 96 40 (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	86.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 151 Mixed 146 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.35 130% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK32GX4M4A2666C16 0215 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK32GX4M4A2666C16 32GB 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 28.3 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,892 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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	2,453x
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	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 $273	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 $178	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