MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '20 at 23:36
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 694 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.4 87% 108 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 324 335 342 342 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 454 Mixed 148 SusWrite 348 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46.4 151% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 346 254% 334 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 134GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 53 58 59 58 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 58.2 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 57.3 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 269GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 79 80 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 86.5 Write 84.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 78.7 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 62%
TOSHIBA STOR.E ALU 2S 1TB 946 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 383GB free, PID 0b1a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 93 92 92 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 68.2 Write 73.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 93.1 88% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 26% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 43%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,882 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	2,448x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	850x
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 $76Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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