MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	15.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '20 at 20:49
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 693 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 146 Parallax 136 108% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 77 75 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 462 Write 69.7 Mixed 112 SusWrite 76.6 39% 180 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 23.6 96% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 92.5 77% 114 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 121%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 126GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 468 480 479 489 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 486 Mixed 405 SusWrite 480 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 63.4 219% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 91GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 465 476 476 487 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 485 Mixed 457 SusWrite 478 109% 483 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 60.3 212% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 29GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,973 Write 737 Mixed 568 237% 1,093 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 56.6 223% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 1,099 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 379 355% 577 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 102%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,883 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	2,449x
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	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 $95Bench 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