MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.4% 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	38.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '20 at 17:04
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 215 86% 147 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 660 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 131 Parallax 113 102% 123 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 125 Splatting 103 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 287 323 299 345 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 126 Write 313 Mixed 146 SusWrite 305 51% 222 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 11.4 31% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 79.7 DQ Mixed 78.7 69% 105 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 86%
Intel 540s Series 1TB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 195GB free Firmware: LSBG200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 330 184 113 113 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 455 Write 436 Mixed 366 SusWrite 200 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.1 156% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 116 126% 205 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 96%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 74GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 854 907 872 486 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,971 Write 910 Mixed 752 SusWrite 742 241% 1,094 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 57.8 228% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,091 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 387 369% 601 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 26.8 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 26.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,877 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	2,445x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,148x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	849x
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	300x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	269x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	242x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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