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MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.5% 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 Drive134% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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)
Memory9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160722
Uptime3.9 Days
Run DateJan 08 '20 at 18:37
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU6%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$85
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 95
1-Core 131
2-Core 202
84% 143 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 679
69% 561 Pts
64-Core 705
44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
Lighting 117
Reflection 120
Parallax 101
95% 113 fps
MRender 98.6
Gravity 104
Splatting 105
84% 103 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 672 724 752 263 161 159 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
134% Outstanding
Read 1,054
Write 745
Mixed 579
SusWrite 455
158% 708 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 83.7
4K Mixed 41.9
147% 52.6 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 485
DQ Mixed 444
330% 431 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 134%
Great: 541%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 8TB
5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 297 297 294 302 293 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 117
Write 167
Mixed 34
SusWrite 296
110% 153 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 86%
This bench: 118%
Great: 262%
VendorCo ProductCode 8GB
7GB free, PID 1234
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 5.5 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
4.36% Terrible
Read 10
Write 5.5
Mixed 6.5
SusWrite 5.1
9% 6.78 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.2
34% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 4.36%
Great: 11%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB
2.5TB free, PID 2329
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 36 36 36 35 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
10.2% Very poor
Read 13.5
Write 13.7
Mixed 14
SusWrite 35.1
28% 19.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.1
11% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 10.2%
Great: 22%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
77% Very good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 29.8
MC Mixed 24.1
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.8
SC Write 29.3
SC Mixed 23.7
67% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 57
70% 57 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 77%
Great: 90%

 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 5,143 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: 76% - Very good Total price: $623
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