MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 14:22
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 387 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 84B8) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 344.60 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 15 Parallax 15.3 15% 16.2 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 15.9 14% 17.9 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^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 4574 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 45 236224315440 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5518638286 (F7) Unknown 100 100 173762100 (F8) Unknown 100 100 97160893 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1256 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	73.8% Very good	Read 480 Write 334 Mixed 334 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 16.6 93% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 27.2 56% 112 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 60025976 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1482 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 101797 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 69 471334936 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2325 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 68719476760 (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 39904541147351 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29074190 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16568777	95.9% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 154 Mixed 134 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 11,954 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.1% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,918 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	2,468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,157x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	442x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	366x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
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 $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16