MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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.
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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161125
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '19 at 10:10
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 684 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 146 Parallax 124 110% 135 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 129 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 499 Write 478 Mixed 259 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 49.4 178% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 210 186% 281 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 107%
Adata XPG SX930 120GB-$229 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 50GB free Firmware: 6.3SE SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 183 181 184 184 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 397 Mixed 346 SusWrite 209 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 58.7 191% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 191 175% 268 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 767GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2321 2172 1179 1184 1186 1185 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,483 Write 2,266 Mixed 1,467 SusWrite 1,538 434% 1,939 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 84.1 276% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,106 DQ Write 981 DQ Mixed 1,029 776% 1,039 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 25GB free Firmware: KC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 92 92 92 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 81.7 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 93.1 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.6 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 101%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

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