MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics97.3% 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 Drive234% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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)
Memory5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180703
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 03 '20 at 18:20
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$248
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
97% Outstanding
Memory 97.9
1-Core 143
2-Core 277
96% 173 Pts
4-Core 518
8-Core 751
79% 634 Pts
64-Core 792
49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 97%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
97.3% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 138
Parallax 129
102% 131 fps
MRender 98.2
Gravity 124
Splatting 105
89% 109 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 97.3%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 277 276 280 281 280 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
234% Outstanding
Read 2,377
Write 777
Mixed 1122
SusWrite 306
251% 1,145 MB/s
4K Read 67.8
4K Write 181
4K Mixed 94.2
319% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 814
DQ Write 135
DQ Mixed 362
294% 437 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 234%
Great: 157%
Intel Optane+2.7TBHDD
2TB free
Firmware: 16.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 252 272 275 163 163 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 38% Great: 45%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230
3.5TB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 165 163 160 164 163 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
83% Excellent
Read 126
Write 168
Mixed 26
SusWrite 162
87% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1.7
323% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 83%
Great: 94%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3733 C17 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
115% Outstanding
MC Read 44
MC Write 45.8
MC Mixed 32.2
116% 40.7 GB/s
SC Read 24.8
SC Write 48
SC Mixed 36.4
104% 36.4 GB/s
Latency 46.3
86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 115%
Great: 115%

 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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