MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 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 34.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	53.8% 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	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit색
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 15:55
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	99%

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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 i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Memory 55 1-Core 25.4 2-Core 48.1 30% 42.8 Pts	4-Core 81.5 8-Core 120 13% 101 Pts	64-Core 111 7% 111 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.8% Above average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 105 40% 66.1 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 100 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GMTS830S 256GB 440 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2200S8LI SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 301 383 394 410 411 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 451 Write 358 Mixed 380 SusWrite 366 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 26 86% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 163 118% 152 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 851GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 181 204 205 205 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 189 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 196 121% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 112%
Hitachi Touro Mobile 3.0 1TB 925 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 449GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 79 80 80 81 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 85.3 Write 86 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 79 52% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 57%
Generic- SD/MMC 4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 0156 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 9.9 9.4 10 10 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	6.21% Terrible	Read 19.5 Write 9.8 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 9.8 13% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.21% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 18.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 8.6 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 143 28% 143 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 90%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,490x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	866x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	446x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	370x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	303x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 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	246x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Total price: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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