MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	161% 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	210% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '19 at 05:30
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 236 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 447 54% 415 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2484) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 229 Parallax 234 183% 229 fps	MRender 255 Gravity 221 Splatting 145 163% 207 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 587 327 327 327 328 325 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 1,521 Mixed 575 SusWrite 370 246% 1,113 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.7 181% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,083 DQ Write 1,273 DQ Mixed 751 684% 1,036 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 473GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,492 Write 8586 Mixed 8,460 1,904% 8,512 MB/s	4K Read 786 4K Write 377 4K Mixed 451 1,968% 538 MB/s	DQ Read 1,871 DQ Write 1,197 DQ Mixed 1,424 1,091% 1,497 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 545GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2215 2173 1153 1160 1162 1156 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,490 Write 2,210 Mixed 1,571 SusWrite 1503 435% 1,943 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 66.6 221% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,438 DQ Write 1,419 DQ Mixed 1,441 1,079% 1,433 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 372%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 183 183 183 183 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 82 Write 138 Mixed 31 SusWrite 182 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 373% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.3 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 30.3 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 54.5 74% 54.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

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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