MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.8% 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	113% 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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161114
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '20 at 17:08
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 58.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 240 74% 139 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 444 51% 396 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.4 85% 102 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 96 Splatting 98.5 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 156 152 148 147 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 463 Mixed 384 SusWrite 171 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.7 215% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 185 189 192 188 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 142 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 189 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 101%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $500

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	308x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	259x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	232x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	117x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16