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MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 15:57
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$85 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 686 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 148 Parallax 125 109% 136 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$70 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 425 Mixed 344 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 31.3 125% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 123 131% 217 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$27 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 273GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 166 166 165 166 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 63 SusWrite 165 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C15-8GVRB 0420 F4-3000C15-8GVR 0420 F4-3000C15-8GVRB 0420 F4-3000C15-8GVR 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 73%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 5,135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,566x
Core i5-6600KIntel $93Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,198x
Core i7-6700Intel $165Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	326x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	891x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	464x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	382x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	311x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	298x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	129x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	290x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	249x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	206x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $218	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $400