MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Sail boat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 21.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	26.2% 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	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (72%). 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	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '19 at 23:27
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21.7% Poor	Memory 35.1 1-Core 5 2-Core 18.7 15% 19.6 Pts	4-Core 50.4 8-Core 42.7 6% 46.6 Pts	64-Core 45.9 3% 45.9 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 68%

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: 1325 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 43.9 25% 35.6 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 33.6 Splatting 37.1 29% 34.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 25%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 188 164 172 173 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 438 Write 431 Mixed 365 SusWrite 195 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 26.5 91% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 197 148% 198 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 97%

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)	33.7% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12.6 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7.2 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 226 18% 226 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 55%

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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