MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.6% 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	90.3% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '21 at 18:42
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 692 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 111 Parallax 112 91% 111 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 99.6 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
INTENSO 256GB 4,055 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 444 454 458 457 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 423 Mixed 226 SusWrite 450 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 22 117% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 62.3 80% 141 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 100%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 925GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2251 2199 1183 1185 1186 1185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	348% Outstanding	Read 2,517 Write 2,353 Mixed 1,373 SusWrite 1,532 435% 1,944 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 91.3 304% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,417 DQ Write 1256 DQ Mixed 1,331 1,000% 1,335 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 348% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 111GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 149 149 149 149 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 464 Mixed 384 SusWrite 182 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 63.2 224% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 351 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15/8G 24GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 19.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 79%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,993 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,498x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,170x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	318x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	873x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	448x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $88Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	304x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	286x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	126x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	283x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	200x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $707

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