MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Jet ski	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	22.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 21:59
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Memory 39 1-Core 20.4 2-Core 39.3 22% 32.9 Pts	4-Core 56.9 8-Core 71.3 8% 64.1 Pts	64-Core 71.4 4% 71.4 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.3% Poor	Lighting 28.3 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 26.5 23% 28.5 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 29.4 21% 24.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 120 113 121 129 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 60.2 Write 94 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 124 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 59% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 114%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 00e2 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.5 3.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	1.52% Terrible	Read 4.2 Write 4 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 4.2 6% 4.65 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.52% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$44 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	37% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 7 GB/s	Latency 207 19% 207 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 68%

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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	2,501x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,173x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	318x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	873x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	448x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	374x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	287x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	127x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	284x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	201x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $704

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