MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.4% 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	202% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '19 at 19:39
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 704 75% 600 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 107 Parallax 90.6 79% 98 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 95.3 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 632 326 327 327 325 326 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,517 Write 1,326 Mixed 536 SusWrite 377 208% 939 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 60.2 226% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1115 DQ Write 1,108 DQ Mixed 686 632% 970 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 104GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 475 475 480 482 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 482 Mixed 385 SusWrite 478 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 66.8 228% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 624GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 95 101 99 102 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 99 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 84%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 0902 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 21 21 21 20 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	8.29% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 21.2 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 19.3 24% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.29% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,994 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,498x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,171x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	318x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	873x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	448x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	286x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	126x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	283x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	200x

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