MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.4% 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	94.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 02:07
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 226 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 641 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 195 96% 136 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 109 Splatting 134 95% 113 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 431 404 433 448 447 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 280 Mixed 312 SusWrite 430 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 35.9 121% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 252 202% 284 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 120%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 450GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1361 1420 1401 1372 1436 1431 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 1,999 Write 1,419 Mixed 1,033 SusWrite 1,403 327% 1,464 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 62.5 235% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,246 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 490 451% 717 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 283%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 74GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 131 130 130 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 244 Write 132 Mixed 142 SusWrite 130 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 21.9 81% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 69.2 62% 95.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 332GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 107 104 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 58 SusWrite 104 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 68%
178 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 58GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 8.4 16 19 14 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	7.97% Terrible	Read 25 Write 8 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 13 16% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.97% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 79%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,881 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	2,447x
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	850x
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 $76Bench 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