MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 04:59
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 238 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 662 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 196 Parallax 177 144% 183 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 174 Splatting 121 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% 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% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,858 Write 1,445 Mixed 631 289% 1,311 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 44.2 190% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,012 DQ Write 948 DQ Mixed 694 599% 885 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 18GB free Firmware: X41000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 417 Write 354 Mixed 253 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 29.8 108% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 234 201% 297 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 103%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 441GB free Firmware: SAFM13.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 181 375 371 376 371 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 456 Mixed 382 SusWrite 348 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 39.3 144% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 195 188% 296 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 98%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 502GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 120 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 150 Write 159 Mixed 100 SusWrite 122 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 163 174 171 171 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 154 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 169 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 176 191 191 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 176 Mixed 31 SusWrite 186 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 21.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 84%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,124x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	303x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	321x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
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 $45Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,060

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16