MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	82.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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	8.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '19 at 02:11
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 149 2-Core 294 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 514 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 141 Parallax 120 107% 131 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 172 194 227 235 230 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 442 Write 328 Mixed 285 SusWrite 216 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 37.1 127% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 114 132% 225 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 97%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 68GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 399 410 384 303 274 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 450 Mixed 326 SusWrite 337 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 38 142% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 178 151% 214 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 107%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 159GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 439 371 230 238 238 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 411 Write 463 Mixed 378 SusWrite 296 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 36.3 133% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 309 232% 308 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 98%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 676GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 107 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 106 Write 99 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 108 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C14-8GTZR 04CD F4-3600C16-8GTZ 04CD F4-3000C14-8GTZR 04CD F4-3600C16-8GTZ 32GB 3002, 3002, 3002, 3002 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	88% Excellent	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 29.6 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 24.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns

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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	2,473x
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	862x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	281x
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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16