MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.8% 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	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150722
Uptime	23.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 17:22
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 670 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36D0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 107 88% 109 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 97 Splatting 73.3 70% 87.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 293 288 289 284 284 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 437 Write 412 Mixed 285 SusWrite 292 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 25.9 93% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 237 194% 277 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 83GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 46 46 46 45 46 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 58.2 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 45.4 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 41%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 612GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 150 153 150 153 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 144 Write 120 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 152 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 105%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,963 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,490x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,165x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	446x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	370x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	304x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 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	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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