MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '16 at 20:42
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 587 79% 588 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 40.9 Parallax 53.2 37% 46.5 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 39 36% 45 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 102GB free Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 590 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C2) HDA temperature 74 55 193274380314	72.6% Very good	Read 498 Write 275 Mixed 273 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 7.19 91% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 30.2 78% 169 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 83%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9794412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 76819785059890 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1387 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 326 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 39 51542163481 (C2) HDA temperature 25 39 51542163481 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9794412 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9794412 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9794412 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3615 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3537 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3537 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4244	36.9% Below average	Read 178 Write 51 Mixed 80 22% 103 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 11.5 84% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 66.1 DQ Write 54.2 DQ Mixed 19.9 26% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 4,782 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 28.1 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 26.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 96%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,917 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	2,468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,157x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	442x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	366x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16