MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	35.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 22:11
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 279 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 795 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 143 Parallax 134 107% 136 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 125 Splatting 107 90% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 877GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH4400RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 17 54 38 231 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 465 Write 391 Mixed 252 SusWrite 91.8 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 1.3 30% 8.33 MB/s	DQ Read 99.5 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 14.3 29% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 58%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 07.01E.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 141 143 144 143 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 147 Write 139 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 142 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 233% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 98%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 698GB free Firmware: 3.AFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 68 67 66 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 74.8 Write 70.5 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 66.9 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 42%
WD My Book 1230 6TB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 165 165 166 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 164 Write 154 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 166 192% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 133% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 68%

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 (73^rd percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 80%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,445x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,148x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	849x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	300x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	124x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	269x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	242x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16