MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.4% 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	225% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '19 at 05:42
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 725 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 123F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 117 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.8 95% 72.3 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 61.7 48% 59.2 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 851 887 894 900 901 897 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1451 Write 911 Mixed 898 SusWrite 888 232% 1,037 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 77.8 278% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 874 DQ Mixed 220 280% 480 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 242%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 245GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 480 478 484 484 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 465 Mixed 405 SusWrite 478 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.5 194% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 16GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 94 97 85 86 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 64.5 Write 68 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 88.1 50% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 191 192 192 192 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 170 Mixed 66 SusWrite 189 113% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 28 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 31.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,877 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	2,445x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,148x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	849x
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	300x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	269x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	242x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	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