MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.47% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	92.5% 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	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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 20:45
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 242 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 682 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.47% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.56 6% 8.83 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 15.2 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.47% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 125 146 112 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 490 Mixed 398 SusWrite 182 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 41 151% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 202 187% 288 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 97%
PNY CS1311 240GB SSD 7 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 713GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 101 103 104 104 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 96.8 Write 101 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 103 20% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 3% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 15%
Sandisk SD8SNAT128G1002 128GB 12,768 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 79GB free Firmware: Z2317002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 176 177 177 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 477 Write 176 Mixed 189 SusWrite 177 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 13.4 114% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 76 83% 137 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 627GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 140 140 138 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 170 Write 163 Mixed 103 SusWrite 140 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 19.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 88%

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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	2,453x
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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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