MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7977
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160722
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateAug 10 '17 at 03:43
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
82% Excellent
Memory 87.9
1-Core 115
2-Core 232
82% 145 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 442
59% 440 Pts
64-Core 452
28% 452 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 82%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.6% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 118
Parallax 99.6
96% 112 fps
MRender 97.5
Gravity 102
Splatting 102
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.6%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
806GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 166
Mixed 153
126% 168 MB/s
4K Read 1.14
4K Write 2.34
4K Mixed 0.33
128% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 101%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.9% Average
MC Read 14.4
MC Write 14.3
MC Mixed 12.5
39% 13.7 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 12.7
SC Mixed 12
34% 11.9 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 40.9%
Great: 88%

 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 4,881 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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