MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% 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	98.7% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '20 at 05:59
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 386 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 110 Parallax 93.9 81% 101 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 94 Splatting 98.7 79% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 480GB 3,502 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 214 265 195 208 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 443 Mixed 344 SusWrite 224 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 44 164% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 192 179% 276 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 104%
Intel 525 Series mSATA 240GB-$150 119 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 118GB free Firmware: LLKi SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 210 222 222 208 213 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 280 Mixed 277 SusWrite 216 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 45.5 176% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 252 195% 266 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 67GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 126 Write 123 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 76.8 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 88%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 469GB free Firmware: JU001J SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 99 100 107 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70% Good	Read 142 Write 141 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 100 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.6 232% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD2 4x4GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 98%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,898 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	2,458x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	853x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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	277x
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	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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