MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.2% 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	357% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '21 at 12:52
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 495 69% 508 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 113 Parallax 115 91% 113 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 732GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2033 2155 1585 1537 1533 1543 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	357% Outstanding	Read 2,599 Write 2,331 Mixed 1,831 SusWrite 1,731 476% 2,123 MB/s	4K Read 66 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 91.8 306% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,522 DQ Write 818 DQ Mixed 1,049 812% 1,130 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 357% Great: 410%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 28GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 142 35 27 25 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 496 Write 437 Mixed 193 SusWrite 103 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 18.8 107% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 96 103% 167 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 88%
Seagate ST925032 0AS 250GB 1,499 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 31GB free Firmware: HP07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 35 37 37 39 39 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	26% Poor	Read 53.2 Write 59.1 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 37.3 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 39%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 426GB free, PID a00b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 105 114% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26.6 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 25.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,883 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	2,449x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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