MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150722
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '20 at 20:05
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 490 65% 489 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 141 Parallax 142 122% 144 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 129 Splatting 104 110% 139 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 673GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 401 473 484 487 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 480 Mixed 400 SusWrite 435 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 51.3 181% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 182 186% 302 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 121%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 111GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 121 136 141 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 380 Write 150 Mixed 200 SusWrite 132 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 42.7 164% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 146 115% 159 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 181 181 182 175 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 131 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 178 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 28 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

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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 4,892 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	2,453x
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	851x
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 $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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