MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% 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	121% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 21:07
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 727 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 123 Parallax 114 98% 119 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 1TB 588 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 471 346 221 211 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 444 Mixed 413 SusWrite 310 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 62.7 215% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 350 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 139%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 137 136 128 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 125 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 199GB free Firmware: 1AQ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 99 99 100 98 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 28 Mixed 34 SusWrite 99 46% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 72%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 124GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 82 84 84 83 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 71.8 Write 73.6 Mixed 42.6 SusWrite 82.9 50% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 55%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 690GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 80 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 83.6 Write 84.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 81.2 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 55%
Tp02000g B 2TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 186GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 99 100 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 124 Write 117 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 100 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 224% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 1,724 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 32.9 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 32 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 103%

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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