MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '19 at 09:36
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 574 77% 574 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 2368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1628 MHz, MLim: 1861 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 95.3 Parallax 89.3 71% 90.6 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 81.2 Splatting 76.3 66% 81.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$49 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 432 431 433 438 438 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,740 Write 1,486 Mixed 1,340 SusWrite 444 280% 1,253 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 233 4K Mixed 81.5 304% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 1,324 DQ Mixed 800 686% 989 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 238%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 293GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 630 268 306 308 294 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,059 Write 919 Mixed 520 SusWrite 351 159% 712 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 38.1 144% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 254 248% 381 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 182%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 565GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 200 210 197 211 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 192 Mixed 81 SusWrite 202 125% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2400C15/8G 16GB 1,493 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 24.5 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 25.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 81%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,964 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	2,490x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,165x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	314x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	446x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	370x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	304x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	273x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16