MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.6% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (62%). 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '19 at 15:58
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 564 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 88.1 Parallax 180 93% 128 fps	MRender 87.4 Gravity 126 Splatting 125 94% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 161 152 142 151 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 410 Write 186 Mixed 153 SusWrite 156 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 23.7 92% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 117 111% 177 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 136GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 358 343 329 401 388 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 377 Write 408 Mixed 388 SusWrite 364 87% 384 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 31.6 104% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 330 250% 335 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 133%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 180GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 395 433 428 414 409 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 383 Write 399 Mixed 353 SusWrite 408 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 26.3 94% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 328 245% 326 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 104%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 757GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 115 118 118 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 161 Write 120 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 117 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 40GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 153 150 155 154 152 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 140 Mixed 81 SusWrite 153 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 88%

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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 4,884 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	2,450x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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