MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 03:02
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 181 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 351 50% 370 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 151 Parallax 131 113% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 362 359 329 351 341 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 379 Write 435 Mixed 288 SusWrite 348 82% 362 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 34.9 144% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 207 177% 263 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 120%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 141GB free Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 280 294 292 296 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 295 Mixed 283 SusWrite 289 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 38 138% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 178 158% 238 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 928GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 186 185 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 188 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 184 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 205% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 908GB free Firmware: JC66 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 123 126 125 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 124 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 143 146 147 147 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 145 Mixed 85 SusWrite 146 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 19 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 86%

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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 4,883 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	2,449x
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