MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.5% 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	164% 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	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '24 at 13:14
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 244 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 672 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 109 Parallax 113 96% 114 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 102 Splatting 93.1 88% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 481 467 471 451 448 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,474 Write 929 Mixed 730 SusWrite 478 200% 903 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 50.3 172% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 500 372% 504 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 220%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 42GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 277 133 127 102 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 483 Mixed 397 SusWrite 194 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 57.6 188% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 29GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 168 164 162 159 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 197 Mixed 314 SusWrite 166 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 44 158% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 351 255% 334 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 111 100 110 103 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 132 Write 130 Mixed 82 SusWrite 107 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,799 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 32.4 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 28.3 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 112%

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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	70	58	100	34"	1280 720	MSI1462 MSI MAG341CQ

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,905 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	2,463x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,154x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	857x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	278x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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 $48Bench 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 $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16