MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	126% 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	89.4% 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	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 (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180515
Uptime	14.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '20 at 05:35
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 230 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 582 54% 448 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 163 Parallax 166 141% 167 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 149 Splatting 110 116% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$155 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 251 247 243 242 246 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 405 Write 328 Mixed 328 SusWrite 249 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 32.2 141% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 325 251% 343 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 431GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 423 447 459 472 477 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 358 Mixed 323 SusWrite 451 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 51.5 160% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 270% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27.9 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 20 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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