MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87% 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	112% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 22:19
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 250 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 791 79% 641 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 117 91% 115 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 97.1 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 375 321 106 106 110 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 487 Mixed 400 SusWrite 246 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 60.2 201% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 329 247% 329 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 149 148 149 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 157 Write 105 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 149 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.7 329% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 94%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 176GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 52 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 85 Write 68.3 Mixed 32 SusWrite 51.5 43% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 57%
SAMSUNG SP2504C 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 117GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 62 62 62 62 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.2% Poor	Read 57.3 Write 64.3 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 61.8 78% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 26%
Samsung G3 Station 2TB 493 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 3GB free, PID 6014 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 42.3 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 42 55% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 111% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 22%
Generic- SD/MMC 32GB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 29GB free, PID 0151 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 11 10 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	5.26% Terrible	Read 16.8 Write 6.8 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 11 12% 9.97 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.26% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 23.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 86%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,482x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 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	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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