MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '24 at 09:30
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 212 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 638 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.61% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 8.7 Parallax 8 6% 7.87 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 12.8 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.61% Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 402B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 90% 113 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 91.4 85% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1081 863 707 657 617 613 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,247 Write 1971 Mixed 1,493 SusWrite 756 361% 1,617 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 68.5 223% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 866 DQ Write 796 DQ Mixed 822 619% 828 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 294 296 295 293 296 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 449 Mixed 407 SusWrite 314 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 47.5 162% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 486GB free Firmware: CC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 72 72 70 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 72.7 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 80%

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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	56	31	144	28.9"	1280 720	PHL0000 PHILIPS FTV

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,905 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	2,463x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,154x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	857x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	278x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16