MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '20 at 22:38
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 222 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 517 48% 399 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Vega Frontier Edition-$1,000 1,949 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 16GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 107 Parallax 176 90% 132 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 122 Splatting 75.5 76% 95.4 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 280GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 315 315 344 294 336 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 314 Mixed 268 SusWrite 313 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 50.6 165% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 211 172% 245 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 121%
Pcie SSD 2TB 4,674 User benchmarks, average bench 222% 518GB free Firmware: ECFM12.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1606 919 923 935 929 937 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,541 Write 1901 Mixed 1,620 SusWrite 1,041 344% 1,526 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 66.1 244% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,554 DQ Write 1,308 DQ Mixed 1,430 1,072% 1,431 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 309%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 148 149 150 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 146 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 149 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 930GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 109 108 109 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 99.1 Write 101 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 108 115% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 4000 C19 4x8GB 1,741 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 35.2 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 24.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,893 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	2,454x
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	852x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	244x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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