MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics92.1% 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 Drive176% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7A78
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170215
Uptime2.8 Days
Run DateJun 17 '17 at 22:36
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 19%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th 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 above expectations (80th percentile)
89% Excellent
Memory 90.6
1-Core 138
2-Core 267
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 470
8-Core 697
73% 584 Pts
64-Core 763
47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.1% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 117
Parallax 111
96% 116 fps
MRender 99
Gravity 105
Splatting 104
84% 103 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 92.1%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
176% Outstanding
Read 1,550
Write 553
Mixed 819
213% 974 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 47.1
188% 76.1 MB/s
DQ Read 489
DQ Write 528
DQ Mixed 26.4
153% 348 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 176%
Great: 144%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
854GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
75.7% Very good
Read 177
Write 86.9
Mixed 120
96% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.09
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.11
74% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.9% Very good
MC Read 25.6
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 22.6
72% 25.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 21.6
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 66.3
60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 103%

 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: $1,293
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