MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	13.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 23:22
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 239 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 686 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 142 Parallax 123 114% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 283 305 305 304 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 476 Mixed 385 SusWrite 316 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 59.3 208% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 127GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 350 417 421 421 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 469 Mixed 357 SusWrite 412 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.1 199% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 244 216% 323 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 537GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 363 458 465 472 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 482 Mixed 466 SusWrite 445 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 45.8 195% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 186 188 189 187 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 144 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 186 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/16G KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 75%

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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 $92Bench 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 $273	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 $179	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