MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171009
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 17:22
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 701 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 66.3 65% 74.4 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 72.1 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax TA1D0120A 120GB 4,895 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8705 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 95 95 4294967390 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11927926 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 81 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14063	81.2% Excellent	Read 498 Write 322 Mixed 366 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 10.2 109% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 7.45 72% 168 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 80%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 126638256 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 113219456 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 106334800315569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (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 72 69 521338908 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15181 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 77309411356 (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 -89541478186417 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5002918765 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2549747765	95.2% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 161 Mixed 128 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 501GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 162986303 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42464582 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 278 (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 60 538116126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2171 (C2) HDA temperature 30 13 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 162986303 (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 -96731253432577 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15570483049 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17417683579	97.1% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 160 Mixed 154 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 120%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,893 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	2,454x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	852x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	244x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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