MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '20 at 17:51
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 443 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 90% 110 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 99 Splatting 95 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 88 93 91 92 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 364 Write 140 Mixed 186 SusWrite 91.6 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 37.6 153% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 129 100% 138 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 623GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 163 163 164 164 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 140 Mixed 84 SusWrite 163 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 96GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 73 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 82 Write 83.3 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 73.1 54% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.5 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.3 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,936 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	2,476x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,160x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	862x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	282x
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	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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