MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 128% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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	335% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	57.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 15 '19 at 23:59
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-6700K-$298 381,041 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	1-Core 122 2-Core 242 86% 182 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 634 67% 525 Pts	64-Core 636 43% 636 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$415 677,712 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Lighting 323 Reflection 291 Parallax 303 85% 305 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 295 Splatting 228 80% 241 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 7,446 User benchmarks, average bench 265% 602GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 1693 1771 1823 1872 1883 1856 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 3,065 Write 1,998 Mixed 1,048 SusWrite 1,816 441% 1,982 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 55.6 198% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,093 DQ Write 745 DQ Mixed 801 630% 879 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 398%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$46 119,148 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 791GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 84 106 106 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 42.2 Mixed 35 SusWrite 93.2 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$613 663 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 182%

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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 12,367 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 74%

Battleship

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 56%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $298Bench 80%, 381,041 samples	5,835x
Core i5-6600KIntel $200Bench 76%, 216,850 samples	3,729x
Core i7-7700KIntel $359Bench 86%, 359,342 samples	680x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 677,712 samples	2,683x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples	1,726x
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 512,504 samples	1,342x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	1,546x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $97Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	1,313x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 171,000 samples	298x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 268,353 samples	892x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $59Bench 71%, 57,239 samples	857x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 87%, 158,485 samples	490x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24