MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit renk, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 22:25
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 683 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Zotac(19DA 3255) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 39.2 Parallax 51.3 34% 44.1 fps	MRender 55 Gravity 49.1 Splatting 37 37% 47 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 111 Parallax 103 90% 108 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 80.8 73% 90.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,236 Write 7,491 Mixed 7669 1,741% 7,799 MB/s	4K Read 703 4K Write 321 4K Mixed 428 1,784% 484 MB/s	DQ Read 1,655 DQ Write 1,018 DQ Mixed 1,138 901% 1,270 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 59GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 904 827 820 823 815 883 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,014 Write 871 Mixed 760 SusWrite 845 248% 1,123 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 60.5 237% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,094 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 382 367% 601 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 243%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 130 130 132 129 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 46% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 382GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 88 89 90 88 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 46% Great: 100%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 23GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 68 73 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 82.7 Write 86 Mixed 39 SusWrite 72.6 51% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB 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	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 118%

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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) $34	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