MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '16 at 09:01
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$139 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 445 52% 403 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 104 91% 111 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.6 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 146GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 3 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12887130131 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 31 133145362459 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 38654705673 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 98 (EA) Unknown 100 100 163 (F1) Unknown 253 253 135 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.9% Very good	Read 454 Write 198 Mixed 235 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 19.6 109% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 49.6 94% 192 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 101%
Samsun 840 Series 250GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3225 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1387 (B1) Unknown 94 94 72 (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 73 51 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 1 1 4294967292 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22478040552	68.7% Good	Read 503 Write 158 Mixed 163 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 11.1 100% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 29.6 77% 169 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 81%
WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 622GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 177 166 6108 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4440 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9826 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3475 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 315 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 149856 (C2) HDA temperature 123 101 27 (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	67.1% Good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 105 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 67%
Samsun SP2004C 200GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 30GB free Firmware: VM100-50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14555 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12850 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5972 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 459098 (BE) vendor-specific 160 88 26 (C2) HDA temperature 160 88 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4242 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	21.7% Poor	Read 36 Write 39.4 Mixed 37.2 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,907 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	2,463x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,154x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	857x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	365x

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 $98Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $40
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16