MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.7% 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	47.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 10:50
Run Duration	408 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 427 55% 416 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.8 87% 106 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 90.9 72% 87.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 120GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 73GB free Firmware: SBFA10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 440 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 78 58 180389740566	90.5% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 419 Mixed 363 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 9.19 115% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 19.4 90% 201 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 89%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10353382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 73091753457323 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2135 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 184 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 47 60132622361 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 60132622361 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10353382 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10353382 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10353382 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 87 87 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 47507 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16941 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16941 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17868 (F4) Unknown 89 89 196739410	47.2% Average	Read 231 Write 112 Mixed 147 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 14.4 99% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 83.1 DQ Mixed 11.1 21% 40.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 928GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 82702417 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5180 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43475828 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11114 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1495 (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 74 61 437256218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5349 (C2) HDA temperature 26 14 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 82702417 (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 98281736641278 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14658480886 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17673353074	97.4% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 163 Mixed 150 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 290GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129918168 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6818 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 21601535454 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2785 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 189432659995 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 114885 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69020124457728 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29532472245 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39780804463	78.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 119 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.28 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 112%
hp v220w 8GB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 5a07 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	6.64% Terrible	Read 27.8 Write 3.97 Mixed 6.14 12% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.36 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 28% 2.46 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.64% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,883 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	2,449x
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	851x
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