MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.1% 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	43.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '20 at 12:08
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 474 64% 475 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% MSI(1462 3811) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 97 Parallax 196 96% 137 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 106 Splatting 117 88% 107 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30 2,058 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 22 46 28 38 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 420 Write 47.2 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 31.8 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 5.8 74% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 52.2 DQ Mixed 9.6 28% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 66%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 148GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 373 127 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 892 Write 562 Mixed 596 SusWrite 221 126% 568 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 53.8 196% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 512 DQ Mixed 328 268% 373 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 157%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 291GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 100 102 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 95 Mixed 100 SusWrite 101 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.3% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,117x
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	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
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: 70% - Very good

Total price: $1,263

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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