MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics105% 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.
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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7977
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160722
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 15 '19 at 12:55
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Memory 96.3
1-Core 125
2-Core 250
89% 157 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 507
62% 476 Pts
64-Core 494
31% 494 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (60th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 123
Parallax 127
106% 126 fps
MRender 178
Gravity 125
Splatting 100
106% 135 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 494
Write 376
Mixed 322
88% 397 MB/s
4K Read 43.8
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 59.2
205% 73.8 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 337
260% 355 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
120GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 153 167 166 160 151 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
94.7% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 140
Mixed 78.2
SusWrite 158
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 94.7%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 37.1
MC Write 40.7
MC Mixed 33.6
106% 37.1 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 40.8
SC Mixed 29.8
88% 30.9 GB/s
Latency 52.8
76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 104%
Great: 105%

 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 4,884 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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HDDRAMUSB
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