MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics109% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7A78
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)  (all builds)
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit farger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime12.9 Days
Run DateDec 10 '17 at 11:19
Run Duration84 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU 27%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
72.9% Very good
Memory 81
1-Core 106
2-Core 208
74% 131 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 378
50% 376 Pts
64-Core 399
25% 399 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 72.9%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 150
Parallax 130
118% 142 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 139
Splatting 111
99% 122 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Read 148
Write 138
Mixed 131
105% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.58
4K Write 1.56
4K Mixed 0.21
77% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
62.1% Good
MC Read 23.1
MC Write 23.8
MC Mixed 20.2
64% 22.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.4
SC Write 20.1
SC Mixed 17
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 78.7
51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 62.1%
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%
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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HDDRAMUSB
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