MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	18.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '20 at 21:05
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 202 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 494 53% 421 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 109 Reflection 0.04 Parallax 105 89% 71.4 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 100 Splatting 70.1 63% 77.5 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 129 124 117 116 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 428 Write 186 Mixed 196 SusWrite 126 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 28 105% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 165 158% 254 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 128%
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2GB free Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 397 Write 388 Mixed 274 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 27 96% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 232 210% 319 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 109%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 197GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1281 1355 1155 1204 1202 1315 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,710 Write 1,554 Mixed 1,368 SusWrite 1,252 331% 1,471 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 47.9 156% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 934 DQ Write 700 DQ Mixed 869 635% 834 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 410%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 353GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 98 101 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 99.9 65% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 103% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AESB.M16FE 2x16GB 9,626 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 30.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 132%

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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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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,884 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	2,450x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
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 $95Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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