MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.9% 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '20 at 13:16
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 150 2-Core 293 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 830 82% 672 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2304 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 89% 111 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 103 Splatting 108 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 222 226 228 228 227 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 495 Mixed 340 SusWrite 235 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 61.1 214% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 337 260% 354 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 55GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 99 140 96 96 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 487 Write 249 Mixed 193 SusWrite 101 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 25.1 100% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 28.6 74% 153 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 724GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 188 188 188 188 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 172 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 187 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% 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 (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 25.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 29 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 89%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,490x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,165x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	446x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	370x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	304x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 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	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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