MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.1% 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

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 23:07
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 262 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 565 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 71.9 67% 78.9 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 78 64% 78.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1122 256GB 2,469 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 199 192 192 192 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 495 Write 462 Mixed 336 SusWrite 198 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 38.5 130% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 228 192% 281 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 858GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 169 172 173 172 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 121 Mixed 109 SusWrite 170 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 230% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 29 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 29.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 104%

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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 $250Bench 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 $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 $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: $1,302

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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