MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 23:13
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 743 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 152 Parallax 131 121% 144 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,038 Write 906 Mixed 1,144 299% 1,363 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 51.6 234% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 622 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 197 221% 382 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2786864 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 5922 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (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 68 68 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 94489280544 (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 77171972374528 (F1) Unknown 100 253 184601274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2080020	105% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 178 Mixed 176 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
WD WD1600BEVT-75A23T0 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 199GB free Firmware: SD81 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31456300 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 55950816438 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 7892 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 46 1013628010764 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 571801633 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 32 31456300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 30	43.5% Average	Read 79.5 Write 72.1 Mixed 61.6 53% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,909 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	2,465x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	441x
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 $96Bench 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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16