MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 20% Surfboard	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 3.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	79.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (98%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '23 at 18:14
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	98%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.9% Terrible	Memory 1.24 1-Core 13.1 2-Core 23.1 6% 12.5 Pts	4-Core 35 8-Core 55.4 6% 45.2 Pts	64-Core 16.6 1% 16.6 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 3.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 536.23 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 102 Parallax 156 65% 113 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 173 Splatting 117 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Amd-raid WDS100T3XHC-00SJ 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 848GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 566 650 720 830 1169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 330 Write 366 Mixed 273 SusWrite 749 315% 430 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 6.2 1,011% 5.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 310%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 796GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 142 154 156 163 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 40.5 Write 51.2 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 153 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 190% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.6% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 16.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.1 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 494 8% 494 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	64	21.5"	1920 1017	HWP314E HP E221i

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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	2,470x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,158x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	859x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	280x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	271x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16