MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	204% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 01:07
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 632 60% 499 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 80%

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: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2402 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 73.2 68% 80 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 80.2 66% 81.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 360GB 1,301 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 300GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 789 Write 333 Mixed 410 112% 511 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 15.7 93% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 76.1 116% 218 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 147%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 294GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,366 Write 1,405 Mixed 1,425 382% 1,732 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 32.9 171% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 130 145% 249 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 254%
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L6QBXW7 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,919 Write 989 Mixed 1,205 302% 1,371 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 40.1 175% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 150 159% 264 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 241%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 522GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 143 Write 133 Mixed 119 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.4 64% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMUA5110MB78HAF2400 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD2 859B CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 859B CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.8% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.8 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 64%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,939 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	2,477x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,160x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	863x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	283x
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	272x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16