MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 21:12
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 773 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3975 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 250GB-$90 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 449 461 466 458 449 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 472 Mixed 384 SusWrite 450 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.1 170% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 254 219% 323 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%
Crucial MX200 mSATA 250GB 974 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 82GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 454 462 466 378 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 471 Mixed 382 SusWrite 414 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 47.9 173% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 254 219% 323 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 107%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 177GB free Firmware: UG2204RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 219 207 217 210 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 454 Write 364 Mixed 314 SusWrite 236 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 16.3 82% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 32.3 45% 83.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 61%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 130GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 225 83 83 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 190 Mixed 423 SusWrite 164 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 52.1 188% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 121%
Asmt 2115 500GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 100GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 363 373 332 122 123 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 321 Write 334 Mixed 184 SusWrite 263 62% 275 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 22 91% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 49.3 63% 114 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 76%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$132 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 153 151 153 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 152 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 276% 2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 119%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,491x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,165x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	314x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	868x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	447x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	304x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16