MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.81% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (37%). 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '19 at 16:20
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 484 59% 452 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 0995) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 32.6 4% 20.7 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 28 Splatting 0.04 14% 20.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 211GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 109 107 109 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 109 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 69%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: JF100-14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 53 55 45 52 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 12 Write 2.8 Mixed 11.8 SusWrite 51.4 14% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 42%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 102GB free, PID a20c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 30 31 28 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 27.5 Mixed 18 SusWrite 29.7 35% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 38% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FADG 4x4GB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.9 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,878 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	2,446x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,148x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	849x
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	301x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

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	242x
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 $273	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 $186	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) $35	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