MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	281% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '19 at 16:17
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 774 81% 648 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 73.9 67% 79.2 fps	MRender 81.4 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 78.8 65% 79.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 773 775 776 779 776 714 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,634 Write 784 Mixed 753 SusWrite 765 270% 1,234 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 71.5 272% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,349 DQ Write 723 DQ Mixed 885 698% 986 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 273%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 859GB free Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 197 198 199 199 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 196 Mixed 85 SusWrite 198 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Kingston KHX2133C14/16G 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	90% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 25.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 27.1 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,126x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	305x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	323x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,068

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16