MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.2% 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	216% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 14:05
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 520 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.8 90% 107 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 658 664 644 631 631 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,845 Write 675 Mixed 697 SusWrite 637 212% 964 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 59.1 241% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 1,099 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 417 375% 593 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 213%
Liteonit LCS-512M6S 2.5 7mm 512GB 1,038 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free Firmware: DC9110D Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 495 Write 432 Mixed 304 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 42.7 156% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 221 200% 303 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 102%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 105GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 95 88 92 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 90.8 Mixed 62 SusWrite 91.1 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$138 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 177 177 179 185 184 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
77 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 117GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 32 32 32 32 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 40 Write 32.6 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 31.3 39% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0 21% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 27%
Generic Flash Disk 126GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 87GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 4.3 0.9 7.1 6.4 7.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 19.4 Write 1.7 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 5.3 8% 7.73 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0 5% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 28%
Generic Flash Disk 126GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	1.16% Terrible	Read 3.7 Write 3.7 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 2.3 5% 3.85 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.16% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 33.6 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,891 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	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,152x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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