MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A78
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 22 '18 at 21:20
Run Duration150 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 40%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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 (63rd percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 96
1-Core 130
2-Core 243
89% 156 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 556
62% 487 Pts
64-Core 715
44% 715 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 151
Parallax 143
115% 145 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 139
Splatting 111
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata S510 120GB
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.0.7a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 127 129 132 135 128 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
76.6% Very good
Read 415
Write 149
Mixed 202
SusWrite 129
49% 224 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 99.6
4K Mixed 35.2
148% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 162
DQ Mixed 129
107% 153 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 79%
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB
355GB free
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 309 304 300 300 299 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 462
Write 468
Mixed 339
SusWrite 320
89% 397 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 48.3
171% 62.2 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 251
213% 313 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 106%
Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61
188GB free
Firmware: X61110RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 409 402 403 402 402 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 358
Write 417
Mixed 228
SusWrite 403
79% 351 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 49.9
163% 61.3 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 279
228% 326 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 105%
Great: 119%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
95.3% Outstanding
MC Read 35.3
MC Write 38.6
MC Mixed 27.1
96% 33.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 39.1
SC Mixed 28.8
83% 29.1 GB/s
Latency 54.1
74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 101%

 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
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