MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	88.2% 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.

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Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '23 at 10:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 233 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 616 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 140 Parallax 130 107% 134 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 138 Splatting 118 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 430 353 244 235 245 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 419 Write 451 Mixed 344 SusWrite 306 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 34.9 123% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 320 242% 326 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 99%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 69GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 430 385 369 368 344 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 385 Write 376 Mixed 383 SusWrite 371 86% 379 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 36.8 127% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 337 251% 333 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 105%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 175 178 174 175 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 166 Mixed 79 SusWrite 174 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBR2 4x8GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.4 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,915 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	2,468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,156x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	442x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	366x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16