MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.3% 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	81.4% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	59.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '19 at 00:12
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 221 88% 150 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 697 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% 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: 431.60 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 84% 107 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 102 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 65 65 65 66 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 479 Write 364 Mixed 320 SusWrite 94.3 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 32.5 146% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 184 166% 249 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 85%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB 7,894 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 285GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 338 459 466 468 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 459 Mixed 413 SusWrite 431 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 46.3 173% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 222 202% 308 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB 7,894 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 466GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 352 463 467 470 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 489 Mixed 402 SusWrite 449 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 46.7 174% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 220 202% 310 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C14-16GVK 04CD F4-3200C14-16GVR 04CD F4-3200C14-16GVK 04CD F4-3200C14-16GVR 64GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 33.1 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 33.2 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,902 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	2,462x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	855x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	277x
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	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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