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MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 161% UFO	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 138% UFO


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	222% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). 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	19.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '22 at 21:28
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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 i7-6700K-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 204 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 576 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	222% Outstanding	Lighting 334 Reflection 288 Parallax 371 272% 331 fps	MRender 364 Gravity 261 Splatting 186 212% 270 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 153 112 191 113 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 428 Write 395 Mixed 321 SusWrite 175 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 32.4 122% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 187 169% 256 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$95 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 161 162 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 191 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 160 105% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GB 1,963 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 18.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 101%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 5,177 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 $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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