MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.9% 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	124% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 04:17
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 243 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 668 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

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: 388.13 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 136 Parallax 120 104% 128 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$108 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 889GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 451 478 492 492 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 484 Mixed 411 SusWrite 473 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 52.8 192% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 269% 358 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 121%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 23GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 50 50 50 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 84.7 Write 82.5 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 53.5 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 125 124 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 102 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 122 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 105%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 38GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 100 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 100 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 6.1 6 5.6 5.6 5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	6.46% Terrible	Read 23.5 Write 5.7 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 6.3 12% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.46% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 19.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 101%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,925 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	2,472x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,158x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	861x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

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