MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.3% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 19:53
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 554 71% 536 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 125 Parallax 141 106% 132 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 150 156 63 100 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 482 Mixed 389 SusWrite 162 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.9 158% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 202 188% 290 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 97%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 823GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 414 471 484 477 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 448 Mixed 387 SusWrite 460 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 54.7 191% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 235 208% 314 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 578GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 150 150 150 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 185 Mixed 86 SusWrite 148 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 29.4 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 28.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,450x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	851x
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	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

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	243x
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 $279	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 $184	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) $30	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