MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.8% 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	128% 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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 30 days ago, 29 days ago, 29 days ago, 20 days ago, 19 days ago, 17 days ago, 17 days ago, 6 days ago, 4 days ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 17:21
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$327 187,943 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 92% 159 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 667 73% 564 Pts	64-Core 673 45% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$330 993,871 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 87% 108 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 101 83% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$40 208,635 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 334 311 302 304 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 481 Mixed 455 SusWrite 314 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 68.2 233% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 2,182,040 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 330GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 148 150 150 150 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 147 Write 144 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 150 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$95 64,371 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 26.4 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 29.8 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 102%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 2,281 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 95%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 81%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $300

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 505,701 samples	1,343x
Core i5-7600KIntel $244Bench 84%, 164,144 samples	373x
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 84%, 515,802 samples	196x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	387x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	367x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 136%, 606,625 samples	282x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	140x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	115x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 201%, 204,473 samples	85x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	161x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	74x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 26,985 samples	68x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16