MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '18 at 19:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 524 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 122 Parallax 104 97% 115 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 483 Mixed 400 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.9 219% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 185 187 187 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 153 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 187 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04HEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 646 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 78%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,882 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	2,448x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	850x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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