MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.2% 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	144% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '18 at 23:07
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 (79^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 204 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 606 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.9 88% 105 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 98.3 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1029 916 264 253 251 245 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 986 Write 1,113 Mixed 769 SusWrite 493 189% 840 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 47.6 159% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 623 DQ Write 495 DQ Mixed 519 399% 546 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 210%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 158GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 357 419 429 431 430 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 451 Mixed 364 SusWrite 398 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 53.6 177% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 318 239% 320 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 83GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 148 148 148 147 149 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 435 Mixed 344 SusWrite 170 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 51.1 175% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 310 234% 315 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 115%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 259GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 994 1001 850 394 390 368 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 967 Write 958 Mixed 775 SusWrite 666 189% 842 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 46.4 158% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 658 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 513 407% 570 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 211%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 123 122 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 124 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 121 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$91 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 648GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 149 149 149 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 140 Write 123 Mixed 83 SusWrite 148 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 113%

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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