MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	256% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 810 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 28 '19 at 16:03
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 124 2-Core 219 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 632 68% 539 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 92% 113 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 105 Splatting 97 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.53% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.06 6% 9.05 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.53% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 891 966 570 236 234 237 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,047 Write 1,071 Mixed 987 SusWrite 522 256% 1,157 MB/s	4K Read 66.5 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 95 326% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 800 DQ Write 1040 DQ Mixed 613 548% 818 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 257%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 45GB free Firmware: 5.2.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 137 139 139 139 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 392 Write 159 Mixed 203 SusWrite 139 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 40.8 163% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 164 124% 168 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 82%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 650GB free Firmware: MKAOAAM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 97 99 99 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 89 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 97.4 62% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 87%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB 588 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 109GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 95 93 92 92 97 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 105 Write 78.3 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 92.4 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 133% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 96%
NORELSYS 106X 3TB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 23GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 199 206 205 205 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 164 Write 129 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 201 190% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 30 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 103%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,904 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	2,463x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	856x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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	278x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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