MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	142% 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

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 14:58
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 603 68% 533 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5170) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 105 Parallax 83.2 78% 94.5 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 107 Splatting 98.8 85% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6618 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.07% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.44 7% 9.58 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.07% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 564 563 508 220 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 877 Write 560 Mixed 661 SusWrite 349 136% 612 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 53.9 203% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 500 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 475 370% 505 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 144%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CM4X8GF3000C15K4 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CM4X8GF3000C15K4 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 27.2 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 26.3 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 106%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,883 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,449x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	851x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

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 $279	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