MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	191% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '20 at 12:27
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 490 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 186 Parallax 187 143% 183 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 177 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 34 94 97 61 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,465 Write 1,478 Mixed 1,079 SusWrite 167 234% 1,048 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 79.2 280% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 678 DQ Write 943 DQ Mixed 270 355% 630 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 295%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 464GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 386 441 461 463 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 452 Mixed 330 SusWrite 425 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.1 163% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 160 160% 253 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 960GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 90 89 92 88 93 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 91.5 Mixed 77 SusWrite 88.9 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 929GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 117 118 117 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 111 Mixed 106 SusWrite 116 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 29.8 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 27.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 107%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	61x

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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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