MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	140% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '21 at 17:31
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 196 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 560 53% 438 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3903) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 164 Parallax 169 148% 172 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 124 Splatting 109 107% 135 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$46 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 323 305 313 319 299 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,581 Write 1,211 Mixed 1,153 SusWrite 326 238% 1,067 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 37.8 126% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 709 DQ Write 96.4 DQ Mixed 191 194% 332 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 238%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 394GB free Firmware: S1211A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 306 300 310 330 316 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 426 Write 347 Mixed 313 SusWrite 307 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 22 76% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 83.9 DQ Mixed 41.4 55% 103 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 138 129 135 138 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 128 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 134 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 568GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 156 148 155 157 150 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 122 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 153 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 8.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 104%

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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: 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	7	5	100	34"	1280 720	MSI3DB6 MAG342CQRV

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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%

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	2,449x
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) $35	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