MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.6% 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	43.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 00:41
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 710 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.6% Average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 44.4 39% 48.9 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 58.4 47% 57.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3766827 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 93089121173569 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 7 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 27 52 47248048155 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 47248048155 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3766827 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3766827 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3766827 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 107374182401 (E9) Unknown 0 0 41 (EA) Unknown 0 0 164 (F1) Unknown 0 0 164 (F2) Unknown 0 0 194	43.2% Average	Read 373 Write 180 Mixed 123 49% 226 MB/s	4K Read 5.34 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 3.81 45% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 84.7 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 30.3 43% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8731112 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44707680 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1834 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 98 89 6190 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 420544537 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 875 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48679 (C2) HDA temperature 25 51 38654705689 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7868 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31512175048188 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16530259309 (F2) Unknown 100 253 604501176018	82.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 116 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 910GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 138037328 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4029504 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 650 (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 78 52 386924566 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5808 (C2) HDA temperature 22 48 42949672982 (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 -94149978095371 (F1) Unknown 100 253 236331507 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4886459504	93% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 143 Mixed 95.9 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 102%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,885 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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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