MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	84.1% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1842 x 1026 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '17 at 14:44
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (99^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 775 79% 637 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% 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 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 150 Parallax 138 118% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1889 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13369497 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 434 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 69 296354185260 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 184684511275 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 626 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1671 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1394 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1010 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.1% Excellent	Read 500 Write 237 Mixed 280 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 21.7 128% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 42.5 95% 199 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 103%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 1933 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2770 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 865 (BF) G-sense error rate 11 11 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5332 (C2) HDA temperature 124 94 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.1% Good	Read 109 Write 115 Mixed 105 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 22.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,884 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	2,450x
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 $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