MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% 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	70.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '19 at 17:00
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 786 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 90% 111 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 184 188 198 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 472 Write 192 Mixed 230 SusWrite 187 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 15.6 122% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 29.6 48% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 72%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 116GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 138 157 155 150 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 314 Write 218 Mixed 237 SusWrite 151 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 42.4 168% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 154 121% 163 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 441GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 167 168 168 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 178 Mixed 109 SusWrite 168 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 790GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 84 87 87 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 84 Mixed 52 SusWrite 86.3 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 51%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 920GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 143 145 145 141 145 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 75 SusWrite 143 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB-$74 9,729 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.3 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 1,900 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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 $160Bench 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: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,345

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