MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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)
Memory16.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180515
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 07 '19 at 22:36
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 88.6
1-Core 129
2-Core 257
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 696
72% 577 Pts
64-Core 697
43% 697 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 84%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
MSI(1462 7977) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.69% Terrible
Lighting 7.93
Reflection 11.3
Parallax 8
6% 9.09 fps
MRender 12.4
Gravity 7.2
Splatting 16
10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.69%
Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.72
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 113
Parallax 95.5
87% 105 fps
MRender 95.9
Gravity 97.7
Splatting 99.3
80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 518
Write 415
Mixed 418
100% 450 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 51.2
202% 81.3 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 18.5
71% 151 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 108%
Drevo X1 960GB
663GB free
Firmware: R0510A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 416 393 348 429 420 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
96.4% Outstanding
Read 482
Write 404
Mixed 357
SusWrite 404
92% 412 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 29.4
142% 58 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 40.5
84% 164 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 96.4%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 04CB DDR4 3000 2OZ 04CD F4-2133C15-8GIS 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FHP 20GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
68.8% Good
MC Read 25
MC Write 26
MC Mixed 20.8
68% 23.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 28
SC Mixed 20.7
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns

 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 4,905 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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