MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '21 at 20:45
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 488 64% 483 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 96.8 Parallax 91.5 80% 95.4 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 88.9 Splatting 75.8 70% 87.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 488 Write 403 Mixed 359 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.5 157% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 232 193% 275 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 91%
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 75GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 434 441 447 448 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 452 Mixed 432 SusWrite 433 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.4 189% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 295 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 205GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 101 103 103 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 186 Write 158 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 101 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 312GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 108 106 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 113 Write 104 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 106 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.2% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 24: 4R 0G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
24%	19%	43	55	5	144	27"	2560 1440	ACR0490 XB271HU

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,892 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	2,453x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,153x
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 $92Bench 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 $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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16