MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.8% 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	120% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 02:32
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 197 81% 137 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 687 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 92.7 85% 102 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 95.5 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 391 395 394 406 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 480 Mixed 374 SusWrite 404 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 55.2 196% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 290 231% 323 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 11GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 497 Write 482 Mixed 402 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 64.9 225% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 74GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 106 108 106 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 134 Write 127 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 107 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 185GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 70 70 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 74 Write 74 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 69.5 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 111%

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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	2,454x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	852x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	244x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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