MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	98.7% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '20 at 16:13
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 592 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 866D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 125 Parallax 129 108% 129 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 129 Splatting 102 108% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 163 181 171 152 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 458 Mixed 359 SusWrite 178 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 49.4 176% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 252 207% 297 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 165GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 44 43 51 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 87.3 Write 67.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 48.5 48% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 912GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 190 183 187 191 198 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 129 Write 143 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 189 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 101%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,942 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	2,478x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,160x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	863x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	368x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	283x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	272x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16