MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics97.8% 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 Drive176% 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.
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)
Memory8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160511
Uptime11.7 Days
Run DateAug 09 '18 at 17:07
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd 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 above expectations (84th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 91.1
1-Core 126
2-Core 254
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 700
69% 566 Pts
64-Core 681
42% 681 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
97.8% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 133
Parallax 122
104% 128 fps
MRender 93
Gravity 119
Splatting 100
85% 104 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 97.8%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 848 635 454 393 357 336 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
176% Outstanding
Read 1,514
Write 1122
Mixed 898
SusWrite 504
225% 1,010 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 54.8
197% 73.1 MB/s
DQ Read 700
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 574
416% 546 MB/s
Poor: 114%
This bench: 176%
Great: 241%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
30GB free
Firmware: CC68
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 95 84 84 77 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
60.4% Good
Read 118
Write 120
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 92.4
73% 99.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 60.4%
Great: 70%
Seagate BUP Mac SL 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 90 91 91 92 85 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
45.5% Average
Read 67.2
Write 91.3
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 90.5
56% 75.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.5
159% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 45.5%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
41.4% Average
MC Read 13.9
MC Write 14
MC Mixed 12.1
38% 13.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 15.1
SC Mixed 14.5
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 41.4%
Great: 79%

 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 4,893 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: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $578
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HDDRAMUSB
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