MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.2% 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	131% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '18 at 08:57
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 569 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.6 90% 107 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 300 304 307 309 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 498 Mixed 416 SusWrite 309 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 69.3 243% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 354 269% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 349GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 477 491 498 462 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 497 Mixed 467 SusWrite 430 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 67.5 237% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 200 200 200 198 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 160 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 200 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2567 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 29.3 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 27.5 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 85%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,884 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	2,450x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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