MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 08:43
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 176 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 388 46% 353 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.2% Average	Lighting 57.3 Reflection 60.1 Parallax 57 47% 58.1 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 55.3 Splatting 49.7 45% 56.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 128GB-$49 819 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 122 124 140 136 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 360 Write 139 Mixed 181 SusWrite 132 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 26.5 96% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 146 122% 179 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 89%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 172GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 354 356 387 401 378 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 389 Write 386 Mixed 311 SusWrite 368 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 31 118% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 282 230% 326 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 116%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 560GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 134 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 143 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 135 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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 way below expectations (4^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 15.1 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $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: $1,293

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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