MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive340% 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.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7A78
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)  (all builds)
Memory25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161205
Uptime15.3 Days
Run DateJan 10 '21 at 05:18
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 24%
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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-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.4% Excellent
Memory 94.5
1-Core 138
2-Core 248
91% 160 Pts
4-Core 444
8-Core 671
69% 558 Pts
64-Core 764
47% 764 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
106% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 148
Parallax 134
109% 138 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 138
Splatting 123
104% 127 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
231GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 302 302 302 304 305 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 486
Mixed 393
SusWrite 320
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 65.8
226% 81.6 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 356
269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 126%
Great: 124%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74
792GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2088 1733 1732 1731 1737 1732 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
340% Outstanding
Read 1,946
Write 2266
Mixed 1,861
SusWrite 1,792
444% 1,966 MB/s
4K Read 50.3
4K Write 190
4K Mixed 78.5
277% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1,636
DQ Write 1,384
DQ Mixed 1470
1,112% 1,497 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 340%
Great: 347%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84
571GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 88 90 91 91 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
66.6% Good
Read 142
Write 135
Mixed 84
SusWrite 89.6
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 66.6%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
99.4% Outstanding
MC Read 35.6
MC Write 39.1
MC Mixed 30.6
100% 35.1 GB/s
SC Read 22.8
SC Write 43.6
SC Mixed 29.5
91% 32 GB/s
Latency 58.6
68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 99.4%
Great: 105%

 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: $1,293
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk 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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