MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	93.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 13 '24 at 20:03
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 730 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3790 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.44 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 124 Parallax 144 121% 139 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 130 Splatting 114 112% 141 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar NS100 256GB 530 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN13241 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 433 437 445 419 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 478 Mixed 432 SusWrite 376 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 37.6 138% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 200 158% 213 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 103%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 92GB free Firmware: 0301 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 101 113 104 96 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 26% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 80%

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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	70	59	60	23.8"	1920 1017	ACR0475 Acer K242HYL

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

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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 $120	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