MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.5% 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	134% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 18:37
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 131 2-Core 202 84% 143 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 679 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 95% 113 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 672 724 752 263 161 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,054 Write 745 Mixed 579 SusWrite 455 158% 708 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 41.9 147% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 444 330% 431 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 541%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 8TB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 297 297 294 302 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 117 Write 167 Mixed 34 SusWrite 296 110% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 262%
VendorCo ProductCode 8GB 207 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 5.5 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	4.36% Terrible	Read 10 Write 5.5 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 5.1 9% 6.78 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.36% Great: 11%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2.5TB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 36 36 36 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 13.5 Write 13.7 Mixed 14 SusWrite 35.1 28% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 11% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.1 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 90%

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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	2,479x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,160x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	863x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	369x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	284x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	272x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16