MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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.
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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 02:56
Run Duration	421 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 605 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 189 Parallax 169 138% 176 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 165 Splatting 115 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,948 Write 1,403 Mixed 577 288% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 56.6 244% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 1,026 DQ Mixed 950 741% 1,019 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 102GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,126 Write 7,548 Mixed 7,865 1,822% 8,180 MB/s	4K Read 731 4K Write 354 4K Mixed 472 1,900% 519 MB/s	DQ Read 1,748 DQ Write 1,278 DQ Mixed 1,360 1,058% 1,462 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 473GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2042 2014 1500 1443 1448 1457 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	356% Outstanding	Read 2,306 Write 2,158 Mixed 1,606 SusWrite 1,651 434% 1,930 MB/s	4K Read 65.7 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 94.9 327% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,451 DQ Write 1313 DQ Mixed 1,327 1,010% 1,364 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 356% Great: 410%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 103GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 347 247 185 184 184 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 327 Write 331 Mixed 237 SusWrite 249 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 23.5 78% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 122 91% 121 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 41GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 117 120 126 121 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 126 Write 91.5 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 119 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 113%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 62GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 118 118 120 117 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 116 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 197GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 152 156 156 156 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 119 Write 137 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 152 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 300% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 94%
Jmicron device 8TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 23GB free Firmware: 0123 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 123 122 119 117 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.7% Good	Read 114 Write 122 Mixed 119 SusWrite 120 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 356% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 77%
WD My Passport 25F3 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 760GB free, PID 25f3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 368 366 362 366 354 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	337% Outstanding	Read 386 Write 418 Mixed 262 SusWrite 359 482% 356 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 34.2 3,436% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 86.5 DQ Mixed 32.5 4,157% 49.5 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 337% Great: 349%
Lexar 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 905GB free, PID 06cf Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 357 360 356 359 349 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	322% Outstanding	Read 542 Write 528 Mixed 458 SusWrite 351 627% 470 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 15.1 2,387% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 63.7 DQ Mixed 22.7 3,026% 36.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 322%
SanDisk Extreme SSD 1TB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 5GB free, PID 558c Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 422 Write 420 Mixed 301 480% 381 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 35.5 3,529% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 88.2 DQ Mixed 41.3 4,522% 53.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 342%
ADATA SE730H 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 366% 69GB free, PID a74a Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 425 418 419 421 432 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	364% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 448 Mixed 408 SusWrite 423 592% 437 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 37.2 3,556% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 85 DQ Mixed 46.5 4,588% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 354% ↑ This bench: 364% Great: 381%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 2,080 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 114%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,453x
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	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 $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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