MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	115% 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.

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	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 16:06
Run Duration	1409 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 213 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 613 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 299 398 113 103 105 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 476 Mixed 396 SusWrite 251 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 61.5 205% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 280GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 489 489 490 491 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 482 Mixed 420 SusWrite 489 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 62.4 210% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 119GB free Firmware: 0223 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 148 148 147 147 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 342 Write 354 Mixed 220 SusWrite 148 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 24.4 77% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 65.6 DQ Write 46.7 DQ Mixed 48.8 38% 53.7 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 119%
Asmt 2135 512GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 79GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 148 149 147 148 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 346 Write 346 Mixed 272 SusWrite 149 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 27.2 88% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 148 114% 155 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 76%
SanDisk SD SDDR-289 64GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 16GB free, PID b6ba Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 83 78 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 83.3 Write 50.5 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 80.5 83% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.6 168% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 38%
ST3000DM 008-2DM166 3TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 148 149 147 148 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 175 Write 136 Mixed 89 SusWrite 147 178% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 101%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,993 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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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	1,170x
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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	304x
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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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $704

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