MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	90.1% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '24 at 19:32
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 594 63% 502 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 197 Parallax 186 148% 188 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 184 Splatting 130 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$117 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 267 338 209 238 184 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 466 Mixed 339 SusWrite 246 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 38.1 135% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 106 147% 270 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 111%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 87GB free Firmware: 022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 377 460 467 467 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 465 Mixed 433 SusWrite 423 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 47.4 158% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 293 240% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 917GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 77 76 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 43.7 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 77.8 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 117%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	240	24.5"	1280 720	AUS25B3 XG258

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,967 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	2,491x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,165x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	314x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	447x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	304x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	273x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16