MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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.
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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 21:32
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 760 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 144 Parallax 139 117% 142 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 106 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 66GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7952 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 634 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 59 (A8) Unknown 100 100 161 (A9) Unknown 100 100 955 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 42 (AE) Unknown 100 100 86 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 44 188979740698 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 296 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22501 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13845 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9360 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	109% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 460 Mixed 436 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 28.7 156% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 45.7 111% 234 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11217 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 919 (B1) Unknown 98 98 46 (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 66 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22099716791
Poor: 66% Great: 118%
Seagate BUP Fast HDD 4TB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9409 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 19% Great: 118%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 116 Write 95.6 Mixed 81 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.55 4K Write 6.19 4K Mixed 0.62 248% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 65%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 155GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2073 (03) Spinup time 173 171 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7877 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27962 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1654 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7660 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 30 (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	46.5% Average	Read 87.8 Write 74.1 Mixed 74.5 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 76%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 124GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 149 4991 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8498 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 282 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 353795 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 23 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.9% Below average	Read 57.6 Write 52.9 Mixed 54 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 49%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 75GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 164 154 4775 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2107 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 509341 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 23 (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 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.4% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 53.6 Mixed 54.3 43% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 49%

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 (82^nd percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 22.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 25.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 88%

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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	2,454x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	852x
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	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	244x
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 $273	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 $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 $45	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