MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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 Drive121% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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-7A78
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)  (all builds)
Memory28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateJul 30 '18 at 09:05
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User LCA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 93
1-Core 142
2-Core 278
95% 171 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 761
74% 608 Pts
64-Core 778
48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 149
Parallax 128
118% 141 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 138
Splatting 111
99% 122 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 189 179 176 176 176 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 483
Mixed 320
SusWrite 206
85% 380 MB/s
4K Read 47.3
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 65
231% 85.1 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 338
260% 355 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 121%
Great: 114%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40
166GB free
Firmware: M3CR010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 460 452 463 465 462 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 518
Write 429
Mixed 434
SusWrite 460
104% 460 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 63
211% 77.4 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 277
231% 334 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 131%
Great: 123%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
255GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 93 96 95 95 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
49.3% Average
Read 77.3
Write 78.7
Mixed 64
SusWrite 94.2
58% 78.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 49.3%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
85% Excellent
MC Read 30.1
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 27
85% 29.7 GB/s
SC Read 20.3
SC Write 35.4
SC Mixed 27.5
79% 27.7 GB/s
Latency 62
64% 62 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 85%
Great: 116%

 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 1,901 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: 70% - Very good Total price: $1,267
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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