MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	92.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	275% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 03:03
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 163 2-Core 326 106% 194 Pts	4-Core 649 8-Core 650 87% 650 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 122 Parallax 103 96% 114 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1338 305 305 305 305 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,252 Write 1,463 Mixed 1,179 SusWrite 477 297% 1,343 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 94.3 326% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 1,493 DQ Mixed 1,008 827% 1,160 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 280%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 112GB free Firmware: 4PC10302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 134 135 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 241 Write 133 Mixed 140 SusWrite 134 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 20.6 77% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 66.6 DQ Mixed 60.6 56% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: HP23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 114 116 115 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 106 Write 108 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 115 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 70%
Imation Ridge 8GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 0619 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 3.5 3.1 3.9 3.2 3.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	3.38% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 2.3 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 3.3 6% 5.7 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD 1x16GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 47%

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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 $242Bench 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: $1,294

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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