MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	4.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 02:57
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 123 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 675 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8476 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.19 6% 9 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 15.4 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,577 Write 277 Mixed 430 164% 761 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 58.1 225% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 262 212% 303 MB/s
Poor: 117% Great: 257%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 24GB free Firmware: 5.2.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 139 138 140 140 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 387 Write 151 Mixed 202 SusWrite 140 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 41.1 169% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 146 115% 160 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 82%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: MKAOAAM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 121 121 121 121 121 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 120 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 55GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 127 128 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 119 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 127 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 30.3 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 31.6 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 50.3 79% 50.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 103%

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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	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,152x
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 $45Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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