MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics110% 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 Drive74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7977
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160722
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 07 '18 at 00:53
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
Memory 97.6
1-Core 127
2-Core 255
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 506
8-Core 704
76% 605 Pts
64-Core 713
44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 95.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 154
Parallax 133
118% 144 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 139
Splatting 113
100% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 60AABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 114 106 113 113 113 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
74.6% Very good
Read 272
Write 153
Mixed 188
SusWrite 109
40% 181 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 44
167% 65.3 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 151
DQ Mixed 83.8
76% 113 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124
4.5TB free
Firmware: CC49
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 180 182 179 181 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
107% Outstanding
MC Read 40.9
MC Write 42.8
MC Mixed 29.9
108% 37.9 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 44.2
SC Mixed 33.1
95% 33.1 GB/s
Latency 48
83% 48 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 107%
Great: 109%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,891 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $601
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