MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 27.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '21 at 16:30
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^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)	27.3% Poor	Memory 41.9 1-Core 22.7 2-Core 41.9 24% 35.5 Pts	4-Core 71.7 8-Core 93.3 10% 82.5 Pts	64-Core 105 6% 105 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.1% Good	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 99.1 Parallax 99.5 54% 88.3 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 90 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 325 317 329 332 354 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 365 Write 372 Mixed 296 SusWrite 331 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 26.2 80% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 169 128% 172 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 724GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 339 337 357 362 399 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 361 Write 360 Mixed 343 SusWrite 356 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 29.5 96% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 180 135% 180 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: SC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 162 164 165 165 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 124 Write 162 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 164 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.7 229% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 20 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 8.2 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 194 21% 194 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 110%

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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 4,892 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,153x
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 $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	243x
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