MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.5% 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	262% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 14:13
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 512 70% 522 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 139 Parallax 118 106% 129 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 122 Splatting 104 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,724 Write 1,222 Mixed 1,370 388% 1,772 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 30.3 206% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 505 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 26.9 131% 300 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 236%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 18GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4657153 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -30554397328774 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2023 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 170 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 64427327513 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4657153 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4657153 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4657153 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22492 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19434 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19434 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15281	70.9% Very good	Read 501 Write 125 Mixed 170 57% 265 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 16.7 126% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 36.5 60% 117 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 81%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 710GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2441 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1246 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3957 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 657 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4416 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 26 (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	74.2% Very good	Read 153 Write 106 Mixed 130 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.31 115% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 21.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,892 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	2,453x
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 $92Bench 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