MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 19:23
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 274 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 728 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 110%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 74.2 63% 77.4 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 71 Splatting 64 57% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BW240H6 750GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 334GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 199277282 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4068 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 327152989 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4068 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 82 91 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 77 40 16037794742295 (C2) HDA temperature 23 60 47244640279 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 39 199277282 (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 -109985522482172 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4034873651 (F2) Unknown 100 253 205722449	7.24% Terrible	Read 66 Write 67.7 Mixed 64 15% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.33 2% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 8%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 218GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6326 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1141 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (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 72 47 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 163 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10453658881	115% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50.7 201% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 50.9 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 108 101% 149 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29724 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1533 (B1) Unknown 88 88 139 (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 75 48 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 774 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20765123071	87.7% Excellent	Read 507 Write 275 Mixed 312 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 25.6 151% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 21.2 53% 104 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 4475 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1036 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 651 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 282 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20663 (C2) HDA temperature 123 98 24 (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	60% Good	Read 126 Write 83.7 Mixed 91.3 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.13 40% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 12.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 64%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,903 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	2,462x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	855x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	277x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 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 $43Bench 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 $269	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 $177	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