MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	23.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 22:13
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Celeron G3920 192 User benchmarks, average bench 54% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Memory 61.1 1-Core 24.3 2-Core 47.9 31% 44.4 Pts	4-Core 35 8-Core 47.5 5% 41.2 Pts	64-Core 44.7 3% 44.7 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% XFX(1682 9560) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1295 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 26.8 Parallax 43 22% 32.5 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 34.8 26% 32 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 233 100 121 172 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 413 Write 407 Mixed 340 SusWrite 160 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 24.7 82% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 126 95% 128 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 198 202 205 210 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 176 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 192 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2800 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	35.3% Below average	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 12.4 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 55%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,967 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	2,491x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,165x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	314x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	447x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	304x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
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	273x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16