MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	15.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '20 at 15:49
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 55.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 237 72% 136 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 662 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.1% 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 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 104 Parallax 104 82% 103 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 99.8 79% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 186 180 177 172 170 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 321 Mixed 389 SusWrite 201 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.3 184% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 340 259% 348 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 715GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 140 136 138 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 146 Write 141 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 137 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 0.7 9% 3.93 MB/s	DQ Read 0.8 DQ Write 9.6 DQ Mixed 1.2 2% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 23%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 243GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 407 420 419 443 435 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 334 Write 268 Mixed 309 SusWrite 412 75% 331 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 32.4 133% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 170 160% 243 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 102%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 127GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 241 66 66 69 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 455 Write 306 Mixed 310 SusWrite 140 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 30 124% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 172 154% 228 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 14.2 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 142 28% 142 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 95%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,116x
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 $94Bench 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: 70% - Very good

Total price: $1,267

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $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