MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
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 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics125% 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 Drive74% 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)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180515
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 17 '19 at 21:01
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User UKR-User
Background CPU0%

 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 i5-6600-$132
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Memory 84
1-Core 115
2-Core 230
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 449
8-Core 449
60% 449 Pts
64-Core 446
28% 446 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 185
Parallax 170
142% 177 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 176
Splatting 120
111% 137 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 63 133 46 64 39 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
74% Very good
Read 472
Write 299
Mixed 322
SusWrite 81.1
65% 293 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 85.2
4K Mixed 31.3
141% 51.1 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 47.4
69% 133 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 74%
Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
156GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 169 168 170 170 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 146
Mixed 108
SusWrite 169
106% 144 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
39.4% Below average
MC Read 13.4
MC Write 13.9
MC Mixed 11.9
37% 13.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.2
SC Write 13.6
SC Mixed 12.4
35% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 73.5
54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 39.4%
Great: 79%

 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 4,891 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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