MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.7% 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)
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.

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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 07:08
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 223 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 434 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 86FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3725 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.7% Average	Lighting 55 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 51.6 45% 56.7 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 55 Splatting 71.7 56% 68.4 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,389 Write 2,184 Mixed 1,612 458% 2,062 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 80.3 264% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1333 DQ Write 668 DQ Mixed 939 714% 980 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 93GB free Firmware: SAFM01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 452 450 451 453 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 460 Mixed 345 SusWrite 452 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 41.7 157% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 199 185% 285 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 99%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 675GB free Firmware: JE4OA60B SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 44 43 43 42 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 95.2 Write 32.2 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 43.1 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 53%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.6 2.8 4.1 4.1 4 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	5.16% Terrible	Read 22.2 Write 16.7 Mixed 16.9 SusWrite 3.6 19% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.16% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 23.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 21.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 94%

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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