MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 19:33
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 123 2-Core 248 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 708 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.3% Average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 44.6 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 222GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 480 483 482 493 494 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 445 Mixed 381 SusWrite 484 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 68.5 236% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 78GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 132 133 133 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 394 Mixed 321 SusWrite 158 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 55.7 210% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 166 178% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Intel SSDSC2BW240H6 750GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 273GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 91 92 92 93 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 83 Write 87.2 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 92 18% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 3% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 8%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 684GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 93 86 94 103 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 92.1 Mixed 59 SusWrite 93.8 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 114%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,892 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	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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