MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	34.8% 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	50.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 12:54
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	29.8% Poor	Memory 45.2 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 42.4 25% 37.1 Pts	4-Core 82.2 8-Core 102 12% 91.9 Pts	64-Core 123 8% 123 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.8% Below average	Lighting 32 Reflection 36.9 Parallax 79.9 26% 49.6 fps	MRender 56.8 Gravity 51.2 Splatting 76 52% 61.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7734 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 823 (A5) Unknown 100 100 438185624910 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 54 (A9) Unknown 100 100 367 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 77 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 59 253404381226 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3676559115264 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13252 (EA) Unknown 100 100 27827 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20808 (F2) Unknown 253 253 24690 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.4% Above average	Read 480 Write 255 Mixed 277 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 7.71 44% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 65.9 DQ Write 56.1 DQ Mixed 24.3 28% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 108%
ADATA HD710 1TB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 766GB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 97.5 Write 85.2 Mixed 50.1 94% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.21 20% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 10.8 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 8.1 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 180 22% 180 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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	1,152x
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