MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.2% 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	227% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '22 at 22:57
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 210 84% 143 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 675 59% 502 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P5000 8,562 User benchmarks, average bench 89% HP(103C 11B2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1733 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 16GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 120 Parallax 113 96% 117 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 118 Splatting 102 87% 107 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 311 310 306 305 296 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,730 Write 1,542 Mixed 1,472 SusWrite 393 287% 1284 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 73.5 258% 97.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,392 DQ Write 1,055 DQ Mixed 1,171 890% 1,206 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 296%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 78 82 79 81 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 132 Write 102 Mixed 119 SusWrite 81 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 29.3 132% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 71.4 66% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 73%
Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 1TB 13,576 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 681GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1469 844 843 848 843 841 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 1,526 Write 1,750 Mixed 1,348 SusWrite 948 314% 1,393 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 76.4 275% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,469 DQ Write 1,131 DQ Mixed 1,241 944% 1,280 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 66GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 329 221 194 186 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 462 Mixed 361 SusWrite 258 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 66.5 226% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
WD WD15EZRX-00DC0B0 1.5TB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 390GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 123 118 123 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 112 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 120 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 181% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 29.7 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 106%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,892 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	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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