MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	90.5% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '19 at 21:04
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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 (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 774 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 90%

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: 417.75 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.8 88% 107 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 99 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 53 54 53 55 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 438 Mixed 409 SusWrite 91.6 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 47.3 163% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 241 200% 285 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 125 135 130 134 133 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 177 Write 128 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 132 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 112%
General UDisk 4GB 5,358 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	5.58% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 4.5 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 5.4 8% 7.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.58% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 30.7 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,878 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	2,446x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,148x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	849x
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	301x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

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	242x
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 $273	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 $186	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