MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 37.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	42% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	163% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '20 at 22:34
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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)	37.4% Below average	Memory 60.5 1-Core 25.1 2-Core 47.8 31% 44.5 Pts	4-Core 80.4 8-Core 113 12% 96.8 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42% Average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 57.3 Parallax 65.8 38% 56.6 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 53.2 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 979 998 1052 932 983 774 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,556 Write 1,446 Mixed 1,199 SusWrite 953 289% 1,288 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 31.6 108% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 192 145% 197 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 372%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 155GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 148 165 155 148 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 392 Write 270 Mixed 285 SusWrite 163 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 27.4 93% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 204 150% 196 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 84%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.51% Terrible	Read 1 Write 1 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 0.8 1% 1.78 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 11% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 0.51% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 215 218 216 219 219 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Maxtor STM3500320AS 500GB 5,105 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 465GB free Firmware: MX1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 103 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 104 67% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G30C15U4W.M8FE1 029E CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 859B BL8G30C15U4W.M8FE1 029E CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 19.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 7.8 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 73%

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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 4,883 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,449x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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