MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	236% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 22:37
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$130 342,244 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)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 560 74% 556 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.8% 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: 1618 MHz, MLim: 1854 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Lighting 91.2 Reflection 94.9 Parallax 90.9 74% 92.3 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 83.8 Splatting 75.3 66% 81.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.6% 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% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 536 433 434 432 433 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1741 Write 1,486 Mixed 1,342 SusWrite 450 280% 1,255 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 229 4K Mixed 80.8 298% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 849 DQ Write 1,272 DQ Mixed 801 679% 974 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 238%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 344GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 653 111 283 308 311 314 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 1060 Write 886 Mixed 559 SusWrite 330 158% 709 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 36.2 133% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 253 227% 335 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 182%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 555GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 142 147 143 140 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 136 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 142 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% 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)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 24.4 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 25.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 81%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,948 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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,482x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	863x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	369x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 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	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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