MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '22 at 09:00
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	OMN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 243 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 739 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 115 87% 112 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 99.2 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8180DS3128GJ 128GB 4,156 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 70 71 71 73 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 410 Write 189 Mixed 322 SusWrite 87.3 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 36.6 152% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 185 164% 243 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 78%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: A3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 105 104 103 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 62 SusWrite 102 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 26.2 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 27.6 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 101%

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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	2,497x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,169x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	314x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	872x
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	286x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $99Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	126x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	282x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	199x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $713

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