MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
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 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics98% 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 Drive212% 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)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171120
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateOct 12 '18 at 02:36
Run Duration206 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 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 i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
Memory 93
1-Core 143
2-Core 286
96% 174 Pts
4-Core 564
8-Core 544
75% 554 Pts
64-Core 558
34% 558 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 135
Parallax 118
103% 126 fps
MRender 97.9
Gravity 123
Splatting 105
89% 108 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 535 232 208 182 163 157 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
212% Outstanding
Read 2,222
Write 1,323
Mixed 558
SusWrite 246
238% 1,087 MB/s
4K Read 55
4K Write 186
4K Mixed 55.6
253% 99 MB/s
DQ Read 568
DQ Write 861
DQ Mixed 333
359% 587 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 212%
Great: 236%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
349GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2277 608 612 611 611 611 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
278% Outstanding
Read 2571
Write 2,355
Mixed 1,513
SusWrite 888
409% 1,832 MB/s
4K Read 73.7
4K Write 200
4K Mixed 101
347% 125 MB/s
DQ Read 73.3
DQ Write 482
DQ Mixed 138
147% 231 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 278%
Great: 340%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB
441GB free
Firmware: CA14
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 102 103 103 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
57.1% Above average
Read 97
Write 95.8
Mixed 52
SusWrite 102
64% 86.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 57.1%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 32.5
MC Mixed 28.1
85% 29.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 33.9
SC Mixed 26
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 62.1
64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 99%

 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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