MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	218% 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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System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '20 at 14:09
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing way below expectations (12^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 572 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% MSI(1462 3892) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 172 Parallax 266 112% 192 fps	MRender 253 Gravity 200 Splatting 128 151% 194 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 2TB 9,415 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 822 844 1426 1451 1375 1332 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,058 Write 1,974 Mixed 1,200 SusWrite 1,208 309% 1,360 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 59.4 207% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 996 DQ Write 732 DQ Mixed 806 618% 845 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 368%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 161GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 202 312 318 261 307 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 338 Write 400 Mixed 272 SusWrite 267 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 26.9 114% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 223 175% 239 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 121%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 862GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 127 130 129 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 4.7 Write 5.7 Mixed 5 SusWrite 129 26% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2GB free Firmware: CC29 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 144 Write 99.3 Mixed 64.2 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 478 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 59GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 12 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	9.61% Terrible	Read 24.9 Write 17.5 Mixed 15.6 SusWrite 12.8 23% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.1 75% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.61% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 12.1 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,891 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,152x
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 $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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