MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 01:34
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 230 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 693 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 133 Parallax 125 100% 127 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 115 Splatting 98.8 83% 101 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,500 Write 2,251 Mixed 1,475 461% 2,075 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 87.5 298% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,010 DQ Write 1,163 DQ Mixed 1,164 855% 1,112 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 275GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 370 315 321 313 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 384 Mixed 352 SusWrite 348 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.4 209% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 346 264% 357 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 319 316 320 312 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 433 Mixed 398 SusWrite 329 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 62.5 213% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 313GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 133 131 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 123 Write 134 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 132 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 349% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 110%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 194GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 429 414 423 246 176 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 26.1 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 27.7 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,893 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	2,454x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	852x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
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	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	244x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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