MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 00:57
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 563 75% 562 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 2368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1618 MHz, MLim: 1854 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Lighting 91.2 Reflection 95.1 Parallax 83.3 74% 89.9 fps	MRender 86.7 Gravity 84.2 Splatting 75 66% 82 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$44 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1780 Write 1,494 Mixed 1,358 343% 1,544 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 231 4K Mixed 81.2 300% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 849 DQ Write 1,326 DQ Mixed 796 685% 990 MB/s
Poor: 143% Great: 238%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 344GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 618 296 314 312 313 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,067 Write 877 Mixed 529 SusWrite 361 158% 709 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 35.9 134% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 634 DQ Mixed 256 251% 386 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 182%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 471GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 129 133 134 130 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 120 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 131 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2400C15/8G 16GB 1,493 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 24.3 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 25.3 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 81%

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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 4,932 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	2,474x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,159x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	862x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	281x
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	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16