MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.8% 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '19 at 09:16
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 562 75% 559 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.1% 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: 1588 MHz, MLim: 1851 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Lighting 90 Reflection 93.1 Parallax 81.8 73% 88.3 fps	MRender 86.4 Gravity 83 Splatting 74.2 66% 81.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.8% 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% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 450 435 431 433 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,761 Write 1,496 Mixed 1,344 SusWrite 454 282% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 230 4K Mixed 81.4 300% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 851 DQ Write 1,302 DQ Mixed 795 681% 983 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 238%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 361GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 637 159 294 312 313 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 1,055 Write 762 Mixed 548 SusWrite 338 150% 676 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 36.7 134% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 591 DQ Mixed 254 244% 372 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 182%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 565GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 201 204 155 198 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 179 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 191 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2400C15/8G 16GB 1,493 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 22.2 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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 $90Bench 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