MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '16 at 14:51
Run Duration	349 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 488 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 108 Parallax 89.7 85% 100 fps	MRender 89.4 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 91.4 74% 89.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 734GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9633624 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30461626 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 42 1250474917926 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 121 (C2) HDA temperature 38 58 85899345958 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 123188251984584 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11742049721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 254003062475	84.2% Excellent	Read 131 Write 161 Mixed 117 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.67 197% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 108%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 817 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 3600 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.12% Terrible	Read 10.8 Write 3.17 Mixed 4.56 6% 6.17 MB/s	4K Read 3.57 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.009 14% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.12% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C14 2x8GB 859 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.2 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 28.9 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 102%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,882 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	2,448x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	850x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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