MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.8% 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	148% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '24 at 11:33
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 way below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 87.8 2-Core 164 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 300 39% 292 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 65.7% 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: 551.52 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 110 Parallax 100 82% 104 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 96.7 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KINGSTON SKC2000 250GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 222% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: S268 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 304 334 326 340 342 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,951 Write 1,093 Mixed 169 SusWrite 342 194% 888 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 37.8 125% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 225 168% 224 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 269%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 165GB-$46 4,039 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 81GB free Firmware: P22OABEA SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 48 43 41 41 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 62.4 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 45.6 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 39%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$25 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 297GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 108 106 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 108 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x8GB 2,853 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	60	24"	1280 720	SAM0D92 S24D330

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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	2,491x
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	370x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	247x
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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16