MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	118% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 12:02
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 486 64% 484 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 147 Parallax 125 107% 134 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 377 455 460 458 454 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 483 Mixed 365 SusWrite 418 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.5 182% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 346 264% 358 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 877GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 402 431 377 375 372 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 475 Mixed 387 SusWrite 379 94% 414 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.2 156% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 339 257% 344 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 120GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 176 175 177 176 176 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 175 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 109%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 139GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 45 44 45 45 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 50.7 Write 46.5 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 44.5 57% 43 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 24.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.7% 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	2,450x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
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 $95Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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