MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	264% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '19 at 15:55
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 661 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.1% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 92.5 Parallax 84.2 77% 90.4 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 83.9 Splatting 57.3 60% 75.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 600 411 560 502 601 613 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,386 Write 2026 Mixed 1,387 SusWrite 548 353% 1,587 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 80.7 266% 92.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,284 DQ Write 1085 DQ Mixed 1,168 880% 1,179 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 58GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 464 425 466 448 443 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 473 Mixed 364 SusWrite 451 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.5 170% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 349 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 35GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,241 Write 2,272 Mixed 1,402 439% 1,972 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 14 149% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.1 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 85.2 67% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 30GB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 27 13 18 60 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 8 Write 19.3 Mixed 11.7 SusWrite 37.8 14% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 79GB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 87 149 115 123 173 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GB 10,048 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 29.6 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 28.4 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 109%

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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 4,915 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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