MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '20 at 19:35
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$379 484,815 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 135 2-Core 250 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 630 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 688 46% 688 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 786,866 User benchmarks, average bench 106% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 139 Parallax 132 109% 136 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 120 108% 125 fps
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$50 19,444 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 460 Write 452 Mixed 323 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 36.3 102% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 244 201% 290 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 102%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 189,671 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 967GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 91 88 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 84 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 6,156 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 9.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 58%

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

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Typical Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 2,273 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 88%, 484,815 samples	1,337x
Core i5-7600KIntel $244Bench 84%, 164,144 samples	372x
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 84%, 515,802 samples	196x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	386x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	367x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 136%, 606,625 samples	280x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	139x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	114x
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	160x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	74x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 26,985 samples	67x

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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 $219	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