MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	117% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '19 at 19:29
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 846 85% 690 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2299 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 119 Parallax 114 86% 113 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 103 Splatting 107 87% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 207 212 214 211 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 495 Mixed 353 SusWrite 222 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 61.9 216% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 330 256% 352 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 54GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 115 92 94 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 493 Write 415 Mixed 381 SusWrite 98.2 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 21.8 110% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 33.2 67% 133 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 674GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 172 173 170 163 167 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 141 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 169 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 25.1 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 28.7 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 89%

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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	2,483x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	273x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $608

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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