MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '22 at 23:32
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	VEN-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4400-$45 36,432 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 133 56% 92.5 Pts	4-Core 61.2 8-Core 102 10% 81.6 Pts	64-Core 97.6 6% 97.6 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 03CA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.91% Terrible	Lighting 1.1 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 1.6 1% 1.4 fps	MRender 1.4 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.4 1% 1.1 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.91% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 87 97 71 91 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 206 Write 107 Mixed 161 SusWrite 90.4 32% 141 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 18.1 65% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 120 94% 127 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 73%
WD WD800BJKT-75F4T0 80GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 4GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 39 27 21 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 41.9 Write 42.8 Mixed 37 SusWrite 24.1 27% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 44%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 8.3 8.9 8.6 8.8 8.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 8 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 8.4 14% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.9 46% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 18%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 60GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 55GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 35 37 35 34 35 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 37.2 Write 34 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 35.5 49% 36 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 6.6 797% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 12.1 DQ Write 24.3 DQ Mixed 8.1 1,147% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 2x4GB 6,607 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB 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	59.6% Above average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,490x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	866x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	446x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	370x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	303x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	273x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	246x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Total price: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16