MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.9% 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 Drive114% 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-7A78
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170206
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 07 '18 at 20:12
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User SVK-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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 (79th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 90
1-Core 128
2-Core 251
87% 156 Pts
4-Core 429
8-Core 673
68% 551 Pts
64-Core 664
41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 117
Parallax 108
90% 112 fps
MRender 96
Gravity 99.2
Splatting 99.9
81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 154 153 155 155 155 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 484
Mixed 379
SusWrite 185
87% 387 MB/s
4K Read 47.4
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 61.4
214% 76.4 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 348
265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 114%
Great: 115%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 129 131 126 130 128 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
75.6% Very good
Read 134
Write 139
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 129
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 2133 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
73.6% Very good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 22.5
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 29.3
SC Mixed 23.3
67% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 73.6%
Great: 80%

 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%
Aircraft carrier
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: $1,294
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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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