MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.7% 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	302% 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	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 (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 23:43
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 498 63% 479 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 139 Parallax 118 105% 129 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 121 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1262 1020 1438 897 438 428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,541 Write 1,537 Mixed 1,303 SusWrite 914 349% 1,574 MB/s	4K Read 65.5 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 86.6 302% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,310 DQ Write 975 DQ Mixed 1,062 816% 1,115 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 308%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 196GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 355 471 480 486 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 447 Mixed 334 SusWrite 449 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 48.9 181% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 175 177% 287 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 52GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 381 379 383 382 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 366 Mixed 309 SusWrite 366 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 44.8 178% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 140 158% 270 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 185 187 186 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 171 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 185 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 21.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 110%

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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	2,454x
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