MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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 Drive	138% 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 13:04
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 758 71% 590 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 156 Parallax 147 118% 149 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 142 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155 2,976 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 735 511 352 209 122 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 812 Write 830 Mixed 726 SusWrite 342 152% 677 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 52.9 192% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 490 DQ Write 662 DQ Mixed 518 408% 557 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 142%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 94 94 87 90 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 258 Write 121 Mixed 174 SusWrite 87.9 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 38.5 151% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 93.8 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 100 78% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 73%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 154GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 401 440 463 470 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 464 Mixed 426 SusWrite 447 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58 196% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 299 242% 343 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 123%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 803GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 132 132 132 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 70.5 Write 62.2 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 131 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 87%
WD 3200BPV External 320GB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 289GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 41 40 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 40 Write 39.2 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 40.4 50% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB 2,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.6 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 97%

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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	1,120x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,051

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16