MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80% 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	261% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '20 at 19:20
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 785 81% 654 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 455.41 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.8 81% 101 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 99.5 79% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 752GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1061 1563 1298 1165 1159 1155 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,349 Write 2,083 Mixed 1,554 SusWrite 1,234 404% 1,805 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 65.6 211% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 869 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 511 393% 553 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 372%
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GB 4,594 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 238GB free Firmware: EXT09L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 257 257 258 258 258 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 498 Write 256 Mixed 204 SusWrite 258 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 31 131% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 85.2 125% 237 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 477GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 186 184 186 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 139 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 185 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 30.3 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 106%

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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 $242Bench 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: $1,294

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 $182	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) $30	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