MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.4% 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)
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.

High background CPU (25%). 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 11:19
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 194 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 608 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 2370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 69 53% 68.5 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 57.7 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 513 Write 388 Mixed 293 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 44.3 174% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 301 234% 323 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 676GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 144 144 144 144 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 128 Write 121 Mixed 118 SusWrite 143 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 167% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IM48GU48N26-FFFHM 2x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 4,995 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,499x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,171x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	318x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	873x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	448x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	286x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	126x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	284x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	200x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359