MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 111%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 98%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics132% 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 Drive215% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A78
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)  (all builds)
Memory6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime2.8 Days
Run DateSep 16 '18 at 20:19
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Memory 92.6
1-Core 117
2-Core 245
85% 152 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 700
67% 551 Pts
64-Core 761
47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB; msi
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
132% Outstanding
Lighting 187
Reflection 199
Parallax 200
153% 195 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 183
Splatting 122
115% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 132%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB
228GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 957 599 599 597 582 594 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
215% Outstanding
Read 1,641
Write 1319
Mixed 581
SusWrite 655
233% 1,049 MB/s
4K Read 47.3
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 57.6
215% 79 MB/s
DQ Read 869
DQ Write 1,106
DQ Mixed 1,042
771% 1,006 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 215%
Great: 313%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB
332GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 283 293 286 282 272 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
147% Outstanding
Read 232
Write 72.2
Mixed 56.5
SusWrite 282
116% 161 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 147%
Great: 164%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.7% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.6
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 23.4
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 63
64% 63 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 1,900 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $500

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,293
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