MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	239% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 00:53
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 740 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.8 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.2 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 370GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8427 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 597 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 368 (AD) Unknown 100 100 917544 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 59802	83% Excellent	Read 515 Write 349 Mixed 349 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 10.5 104% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 48.9 96% 196 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 101%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,646 Write 970 Mixed 1,247 354% 1,621 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 26.9 196% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 446 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 179 196% 331 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 96GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,665 Write 1,190 Mixed 1,442 388% 1,766 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 44.4 221% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 189 214% 366 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 236%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 816GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16595448 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17014348 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8114 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (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 57 689373222 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6402 (C2) HDA temperature 38 43 90194313254 (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 47467978562369 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11605836058 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90760610217	86.4% Excellent	Read 136 Write 164 Mixed 129 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.6 189% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 105%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,885 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	2,451x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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