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MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

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Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	354% 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	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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '19 at 13:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 148 2-Core 290 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 774 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2048 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 68.5 64% 74.1 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 75.6 61% 74.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 807GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 1762 1930 2109 2185 2132 2046 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	354% Outstanding	Read 3,035 Write 2,313 Mixed 1,076 SusWrite 2,027 471% 2,113 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 62.5 227% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 969 DQ Write 798 DQ Mixed 791 617% 852 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 354% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$30 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 857GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 200 200 200 200 200 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 202 Write 151 Mixed 82 SusWrite 200 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 33.3 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 31.3 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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

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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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Intel Core i5-13600K $218	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350