MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85.4% 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 Drive149% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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)
Memory6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160219
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 05 '18 at 04:32
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
Memory 92.9
1-Core 133
2-Core 266
91% 164 Pts
4-Core 521
8-Core 512
69% 517 Pts
64-Core 538
33% 538 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 115
Parallax 99.2
87% 107 fps
MRender 98.2
Gravity 101
Splatting 102
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$40
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V6005-ac Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 793 789 767 802 139 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
149% Outstanding
Read 631
Write 713
Mixed 622
SusWrite 652
148% 655 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 57.6
218% 83.4 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 397
DQ Mixed 294
247% 358 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 149%
Great: 153%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
931GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 165 164 164 164 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
99.6% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 156
Mixed 96.9
SusWrite 163
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2219 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
42.2% Average
MC Read 15
MC Write 15
MC Mixed 11.1
39% 13.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 12.8
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 62.2
64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 42.2%
Great: 45%

 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 4,892 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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