MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 15:06
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600T 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 73% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 418 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% XFX(1682 C570) CLim: 1286 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 73.2 50% 66 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 53 48% 59.2 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 49%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 482GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 23 11 32 81 181 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 161 Write 180 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 69.1 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.1 105% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 81%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 89%

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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	1,119x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,106

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16