MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 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.
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.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7977
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)  (all builds)
Memory3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161019
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateApr 23 '18 at 03:14
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd 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 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 94.8
1-Core 130
2-Core 248
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 397
8-Core 670
65% 533 Pts
64-Core 711
44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 158
Parallax 132
115% 143 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 136
Splatting 118
103% 127 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
81.2% Excellent
Read 133
Write 150
Mixed 132
104% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.86
4K Write 2.18
4K Mixed 0.2
98% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 89%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46.2% Average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 12.5
43% 14.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 15.5
44% 15.3 GB/s
Latency 57.6
69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 46.2%
Great: 91%

 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 4,894 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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