MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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.
Boot Drive	96.8% 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '20 at 20:39
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 272 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 685 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3903) ≥ 4GB; msi rtx 3070 x trio CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	135% Outstanding	Lighting 217 Reflection 202 Parallax 212 177% 210 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 152 Splatting 0.2 80% 112 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 220 29 79 100 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 486 Mixed 254 SusWrite 114 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 52.1 183% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 219 187% 276 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 107%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 446GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 450 453 91 82 337 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 454 Mixed 403 SusWrite 312 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 26.1 147% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 32.3 88% 183 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 159GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 91 85 86 124 132 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 144 Write 138 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 106 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 428GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 146 147 146 147 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 134 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 146 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 18.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 116%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	61x

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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,302

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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