MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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	108% 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	83.7% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '20 at 08:53
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 690 65% 538 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2519 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 147 Parallax 129 116% 139 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 143 Splatting 116 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 452GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 79 81 81 80 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 510 Write 488 Mixed 430 SusWrite 80.6 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 34.5 165% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 88.8 DQ Mixed 112 107% 174 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 121%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 126GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 439 459 474 471 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 481 Mixed 378 SusWrite 457 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.4 221% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 91GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 442 461 477 472 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 470 Mixed 455 SusWrite 459 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 63.7 217% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 170GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 925 911 921 919 797 621 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,035 Write 928 Mixed 679 SusWrite 849 248% 1,123 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 58.6 212% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,094 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 377 365% 599 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 102%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,907 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	2,463x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,154x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	857x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	365x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	279x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16