MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.5% 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 Drive63% 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)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160222
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateApr 15 '20 at 17:04
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 89.7
1-Core 140
2-Core 256
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 757
75% 610 Pts
64-Core 756
47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 113
Parallax 112
89% 111 fps
MRender 94.7
Gravity 101
Splatting 93.8
79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
GOODRAM 60GB
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 21.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 111 106 110 114 124 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
63% Good
Read 334
Write 101
Mixed 235
SusWrite 113
43% 196 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 91.5
4K Mixed 19.2
116% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 110
109% 168 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 63%
Great: 65%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
930GB free
Firmware: A7L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 164 164 158 169 163 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Read 133
Write 170
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 164
91% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
926GB free
Firmware: A750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 43 42 42 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
26.2% Poor
Read 49.5
Write 40.3
Mixed 53.9
SusWrite 41.9
35% 46.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
99% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 26.2%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
45.1% Average
MC Read 15.2
MC Write 15.5
MC Mixed 13.4
42% 14.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 16.6
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 45.1%
Great: 102%

 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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