MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 21:06
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 771 74% 608 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 182 Parallax 180 140% 178 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 171 Splatting 119 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,001 Write 1,334 Mixed 646 291% 1327 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 55.6 237% 92.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,108 DQ Write 1,178 DQ Mixed 798 696% 1,028 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 45GB free Firmware: X231600 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 332 389 315 284 225 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 446 Mixed 222 SusWrite 319 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 35.2 153% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 126 118% 190 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 17GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 51 55 55 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 84.5 Write 72.2 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 54.3 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 61%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 10GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 63 61 62 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 65.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 60.5 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 2x8GB 3,148 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 107%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,116x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	114x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $1,267

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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