MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.4% 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	267% 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	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.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '22 at 05:24
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 732 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 141 Parallax 127 99% 130 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 132 Splatting 118 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB1T0HBLR-000H1 1TB 8,018 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS0NEXF SusWrite @10s intervals: 1430 1417 1382 1345 1268 1207 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,262 Write 2,033 Mixed 1,622 SusWrite 1,342 407% 1,815 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 65.6 210% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 509 DQ Mixed 632 473% 637 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 333%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$109 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 201 185 196 85 268 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 387 Write 283 Mixed 180 SusWrite 201 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 21.2 98% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 150 141% 218 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 104%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 258GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 105 109 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 103 Write 99.2 Mixed 30 SusWrite 107 61% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x8GB 1,246 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 84%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,915 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	2,468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,156x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	858x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	442x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	366x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16