MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	246% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 09:06
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 199 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 596 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 205 80% 127 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 115 89% 108 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 331 328 331 327 328 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,384 Write 1,451 Mixed 954 SusWrite 382 285% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 77.8 266% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 1,043 DQ Mixed 984 746% 998 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 118GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,472 Write 7,985 Mixed 7,779 1,735% 7,745 MB/s	4K Read 644 4K Write 348 4K Mixed 424 1,705% 472 MB/s	DQ Read 1,543 DQ Write 1,134 DQ Mixed 1,078 876% 1,252 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 857GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 171 171 170 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 154 Mixed 111 SusWrite 170 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 109%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 60GB free Firmware: 33.08F33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 54 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 68.7 Mixed 36.9 SusWrite 54.9 42% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 212% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 39%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 144 143 140 142 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 144 Write 147 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 142 174% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 54,117 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 31.6 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

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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	1,116x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	114x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $45	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