MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.3% 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	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '18 at 12:05
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 679 61% 514 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 136 Parallax 136 85% 125 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 98 109 109 103 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 330 Write 302 Mixed 240 SusWrite 127 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 25.4 91% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 257 200% 275 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 114%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 959GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 193 191 189 193 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 199 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 192 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 559GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 109 109 111 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 105 Write 96.9 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 110 122% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 101%

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

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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 $179	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