MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.4% 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	128% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 00:41
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 572 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 73%

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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 94% 113 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 105 Splatting 107 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 306 311 303 304 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 483 Mixed 413 SusWrite 310 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 66 235% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 350 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 298GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 423 486 494 496 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 495 Mixed 468 SusWrite 422 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 67.4 236% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 202 203 203 202 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 139 Mixed 85 SusWrite 201 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2567 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 29.9 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.6 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 85%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,894 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	2,454x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	852x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	244x
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 $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 $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 $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