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MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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	121% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '21 at 02:05
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 229 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 744 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$237 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 182 Parallax 0.3 132% 114 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 168 Splatting 123 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 115GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 656 650 655 657 653 656 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,550 Write 651 Mixed 676 SusWrite 654 195% 883 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 53.4 213% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 405 320% 456 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 188%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$35 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 472GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 65 56 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 158 Write 149 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 74.1 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 29.8 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 36: 5R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
36%	23%	52	298	204	60	23.8"	1920 1080	ACR0734 XV240Y P

History: Score 27: 2R 3G 8B | Score 36: 5R 2G 5B

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 5,177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,584x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,208x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	468x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	386x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	311x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	302x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	129x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	291x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	250x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	207x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $665

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