MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics117% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7977
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)  (all builds)
Memory25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160511
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 04 '22 at 14:28
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%
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 PC Performing below expectations (26th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Memory 88.2
1-Core 114
2-Core 217
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 579
59% 479 Pts
64-Core 598
37% 598 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
117% Outstanding
Lighting 180
Reflection 163
Parallax 158
147% 167 fps
MRender 175
Gravity 130
Splatting 0.1
72% 102 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 117%
Great: 136%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88
128GB free
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1030 1027 260 302 326 316 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
176% Outstanding
Read 1,365
Write 1,685
Mixed 1503
SusWrite 544
287% 1,274 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 91.6
4K Mixed 58.7
190% 64.6 MB/s
DQ Read 655
DQ Write 624
DQ Mixed 747
531% 675 MB/s
Poor: 149%
This bench: 176%
Great: 365%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 591GB
183GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 403 391 378 379 379 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 451
Write 426
Mixed 419
SusWrite 372
94% 417 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 78.8
4K Mixed 51.1
163% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 359
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 108%
Great: 131%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 47 67 80 100 128 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
33.7% Below average
Read 36.2
Write 60.1
Mixed 28.6
SusWrite 81.4
38% 51.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.2
39% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 33.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.2% Good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 24.3
MC Mixed 19.6
66% 23.1 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 25.3
SC Mixed 20.5
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 69.3
58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,993 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $704
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