MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics83.7% 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 Drive114% 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.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7A78
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161114
Uptime4.3 Days
Run DateApr 08 '20 at 08:07
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
90% Outstanding
Memory 92.6
1-Core 122
2-Core 240
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 506
8-Core 501
67% 503 Pts
64-Core 506
31% 506 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 90%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 112
Parallax 105
86% 107 fps
MRender 94.6
Gravity 96.8
Splatting 99.3
80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 150 129 119 112 108 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 480
Mixed 380
SusWrite 152
85% 379 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 63.5
218% 78.2 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 358
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 114%
Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 189 186 187 190 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 157
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 186
97% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 103%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
73.3% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 21.8
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 23.1
63% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 62.9
64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 73.3%
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 1,933 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: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $1,085
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