MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 14:17
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 428 58% 429 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 68.4 65% 75.6 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 75.6 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 69 65 66 69 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 474 Write 48.2 Mixed 139 SusWrite 67.5 39% 182 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 10.4 83% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 3.7 32% 73.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 84%
WD WD40EJRX-89T1XY0 4TB 414 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 171 170 171 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 142 Mixed 85 SusWrite 169 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 104%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 358GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 126 125 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 126 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 125 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 718GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 107 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 106 128% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 32.3 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 27.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

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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	2,447x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,149x
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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

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 $275	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