MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.8% 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	125% 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.

Run History

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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 20:49
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 567 75% 565 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 89%

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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.5 89% 107 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 380 261 259 248 245 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 490 Mixed 400 SusWrite 285 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 66.8 228% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 74GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 82 82 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 255 Write 86 Mixed 118 SusWrite 82.1 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 12.6 87% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 81.8 DQ Mixed 83.4 71% 106 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 44%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 627GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 118 118 119 117 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 184 Write 147 Mixed 106 SusWrite 118 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 183 184 183 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 184 Mixed 107 SusWrite 183 124% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 28.3 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 30.1 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 104%

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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 $241Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $1,293

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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