MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.9% 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	81.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '22 at 11:55
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	OMN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 675 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% 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: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 109 86% 109 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8180DS3128GJ 128GB 4,156 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 96 74 57 107 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 442 Write 272 Mixed 317 SusWrite 102 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 35.1 151% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 198 167% 240 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 78%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 606GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 83 86 85 86 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 84.8 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.6% 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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 20.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.7% 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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