MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '18 at 04:17
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 270 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 736 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1667 MHz, MLim: 1879 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 71.8 65% 77.1 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 64.3 59% 73.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 184 173 169 149 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 375 Write 170 Mixed 252 SusWrite 171 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 32.6 155% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 141 131% 203 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 448GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 484 469 472 463 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 230 Write 488 Mixed 395 SusWrite 473 91% 397 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 69.8 238% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 167 164 168 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 165 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 167 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.4 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 104%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $500

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	114x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,293

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16