MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	193% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 21:31
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 621 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 56.4 Parallax 81.8 52% 67.3 fps	MRender 57.4 Gravity 55 Splatting 74.3 52% 62.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 890 424 438 616 168 549 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,211 Write 1,865 Mixed 1024 SusWrite 514 260% 1,153 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 55.5 189% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,323 DQ Write 1,148 DQ Mixed 629 637% 1,033 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 298%
OCZ VERTEX-PLUS 60GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 55GB free Firmware: 3.55 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 117 117 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 169 Write 128 Mixed 107 SusWrite 117 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 13.7 62% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 52.9 DQ Write 25.8 DQ Mixed 16.2 18% 31.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 36%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 294GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 74 75 74 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 83.3 Write 83.3 Mixed 30 SusWrite 74.1 49% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 76GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 98 Mixed 54 SusWrite 108 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 250GB-$59 3,786 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 233GB free Firmware: V44OA9BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 53.3 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 64 39% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 15.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,893 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	2,454x
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