MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics122% 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.
Boot Drive79.2% 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.
Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7977
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180626
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateSep 03 '20 at 22:19
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 43%

 PC Performing as expected (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
72.6% Very good
Memory 75.3
1-Core 121
2-Core 218
77% 138 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 545
58% 461 Pts
64-Core 582
36% 582 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 182
Parallax 168
138% 173 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 168
Splatting 115
107% 132 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78
137GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS131122
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 219 132 119 89 170 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Read 448
Write 436
Mixed 359
SusWrite 152
78% 349 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 81.7
4K Mixed 32.3
122% 46.1 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 202
188% 289 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 97%
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: M0CR070
SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 348 411 411 434 440 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Read 360
Write 422
Mixed 339
SusWrite 398
86% 380 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 88.8
4K Mixed 31.3
118% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 288
228% 317 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 99%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67
675GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 177 177 177 177 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
96.7% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 164
Mixed 19.9
SusWrite 171
94% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 96.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
54.1% Above average
MC Read 20.1
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 16.6
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.5
SC Write 16.7
SC Mixed 16.4
43% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 89.8
44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 54.1%
Great: 103%

 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 4,882 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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