MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.62% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	218% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150715
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '19 at 07:24
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 245 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 657 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.62% Terrible	Lighting 8.27 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 7.5 7% 9.29 fps	MRender 9.62 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 15.9 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.62% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 814 847 803 775 770 787 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,944 Write 904 Mixed 700 SusWrite 799 240% 1,087 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 54.6 223% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 734 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 307 286% 455 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 243%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 93.5 Write 55.5 Mixed 62.3 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 62%
Seagate Constellation CS 3TB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 694GB free Firmware: CN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 115 112 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 167 Write 158 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 115 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 35GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 14 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 102 Write 52.5 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 18 54% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 45% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 22 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 90%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,923 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	2,470x
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	859x
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	280x
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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16