MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	189% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 02:53
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 74.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 622 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2402 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 73.5 68% 79.9 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 75.5 65% 79.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 295GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,310 Write 1,381 Mixed 1,355 371% 1,682 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 47.5 191% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 145 155% 260 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 360GB 1,301 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 291GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 775 Write 342 Mixed 437 114% 518 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 9.27 88% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 85 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 69.7 88% 150 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 147%
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L6QBXW7 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,894 Write 1,041 Mixed 1,304 312% 1,413 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 28.5 156% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 28.1 36% 60.7 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 241%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 204GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 116 Write 69.2 Mixed 79.2 66% 88 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMUA5110MB78HAF2400 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD2 859B CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 859B CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 64%

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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	2,485x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,161x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	863x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	444x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	369x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $550	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