MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.2% 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	84.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '17 at 22:10
Run Duration	414 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 520 72% 532 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 123 Parallax 104 94% 114 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 105 Splatting 103 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 131GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 939 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 62 163209543707 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 581798068 (F7) Unknown 100 100 18192862 (F8) Unknown 100 100 12986938 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1244 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.2% Excellent	Read 481 Write 332 Mixed 338 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 21.7 109% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 12.9 64% 145 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 95%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4709 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2481 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 382 (AE) Unknown 100 100 121 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 34 283468693532 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 40089124956 (F7) Unknown 100 100 827643247 (F8) Unknown 100 100 117743780591	84.4% Excellent	Read 512 Write 323 Mixed 390 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 19.2 128% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 18.9 57% 114 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 824GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81980640 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22814091 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2462 (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 70 39 1538120089630 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18366 (C2) HDA temperature 30 61 47244640286 (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 -7580617273166 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29652853264 (F2) Unknown 100 253 274137241940	91.8% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 141 Mixed 156 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 114%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	4.31% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 3.13 Mixed 5.54 8% 8.47 MB/s	4K Read 5.07 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 19% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.31% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 0215 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.3 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 77%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,910 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	2,466x
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	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	441x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	365x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16