MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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.
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)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime6 Days
Run DateJan 13 '20 at 21:22
Run Duration165 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Memory 96.7
1-Core 88.9
2-Core 213
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 649
65% 530 Pts
64-Core 731
45% 731 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 143
Parallax 131
108% 135 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 133
Splatting 108
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z32080RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 20 15 22 12 19 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Pcie SSD 512GB
123GB free
Firmware: E8FM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 633 304 477 506 269 351 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 709
Write 645
Mixed 424
SusWrite 423
123% 550 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 79.8
4K Mixed 29.9
130% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 941
DQ Write 588
DQ Mixed 809
591% 779 MB/s
Poor: 105%
This bench: 127%
Great: 267%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$46
11GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 108 120 117 127 114 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
69.2% Good
Read 126
Write 112
Mixed 65
SusWrite 114
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 108%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 129 129 128 130 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
70% Good
Read 115
Write 112
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 129
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 70%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
91% Outstanding
MC Read 35.1
MC Write 33.9
MC Mixed 26.6
91% 31.9 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 35.6
SC Mixed 27.7
80% 28.1 GB/s
Latency 51.5
78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 91%
Great: 104%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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