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MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	221% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '22 at 19:07
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$166 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 264 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 761 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

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: 512.15 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 195 Parallax 188 138% 184 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 188 Splatting 132 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 480GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1111A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1236 1311 1280 953 169 1211 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,483 Write 1,588 Mixed 1,002 SusWrite 1,026 286% 1,275 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 26.3 214% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 895 DQ Write 828 DQ Mixed 309 383% 677 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 310%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.6% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 14.9 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 103%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 5,170 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 $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,582x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,208x
Core i7-6700Intel $150Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	330x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	468x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	385x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	311x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	301x
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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $587

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