MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '20 at 22:31
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$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 (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 126 2-Core 212 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 587 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.08 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 92 86% 103 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 96 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC WDS512G1X0C- 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 373 Write 336 Mixed 130 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 30.6 108% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 474 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 149 159% 273 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 153%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 313 309 303 310 310 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 468 Mixed 398 SusWrite 316 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 49.1 171% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 146GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 132 133 134 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 132 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 115%

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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 4,915 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	2,468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,156x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	442x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	366x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16