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MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

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Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). 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	10.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	12.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '20 at 22:13
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$246 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 180 67% 117 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 319 37% 287 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 101 Parallax 89.3 82% 96.9 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 96.7 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$70 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 185 103 87 85 95 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.2% Above average	Read 19 Write 264 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 129 27% 116 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 28.6 94% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 126 141% 239 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$67 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 266GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 56 49 54 54 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 73.7 Write 30.5 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 51.5 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/4G 24GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 18.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 5,176 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	2,584x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,208x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	330x

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	385x

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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $82
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370