MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '20 at 21:04
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 243 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 352 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C726) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 144 Parallax 135 123% 143 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 138 Splatting 110 116% 146 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 37 41 48 48 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 83GB free Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 723 384 422 421 399 366 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,252 Write 1,292 Mixed 907 SusWrite 452 219% 976 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 58.9 208% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,003 DQ Write 555 DQ Mixed 740 561% 766 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 242%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 193GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 76 Mixed 46 SusWrite 93 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%
Seagate ST9750423AS 750GB-$74 3,332 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 61GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 77 60 65 71 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 70.3 Write 68.7 Mixed 45 SusWrite 72.2 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 82% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 24GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 28 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 84%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,877 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	2,445x
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	300x
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	269x
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 $132	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) $34	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