MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.5% 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.

High background CPU (28%). 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	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '24 at 11:47
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$120 342,244 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 (92^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 440 56% 424 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 116 Parallax 103 83% 107 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 91.3 79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 438 Write 431 Mixed 333 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 46.4 152% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 5GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 99 95 78 70 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 113 Write 78.4 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 82 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 109%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 15GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 66 74 71 71 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 29.8 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 71.5 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2GB free Firmware: 3.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 34 36 44 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 104 Write 21.4 Mixed 40 SusWrite 37.7 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$35 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 27.1 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	66	53	144	27"	1280 720	ACR06E9 VG271U

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 5,043 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,526x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,180x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	321x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	878x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	453x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	378x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	292x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	127x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	285x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	248x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	201x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $699

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