MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '21 at 13:24
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 562 74% 555 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2355 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 5.4 12% 33.8 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 8 Splatting 14.5 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V4-CT064V4SSD1 64GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 16GB free Firmware: S5FAMM22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 98 96 89 60 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Read 244 Write 46.7 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 85 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 1 39% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 64.7 DQ Write 32.2 DQ Mixed 0.5 13% 32.5 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 36%
Intel Optane+931G 1TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 631GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 127 110 131 129 138 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 103%
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 75GB free Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 298 256 295 305 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 314 Mixed 226 SusWrite 289 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 40.5 165% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 147 156% 259 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 750GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 117 131 136 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 147 Write 98 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 130 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 30.4 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 28.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 111%

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

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) - $500

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,139x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	308x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	259x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	232x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	117x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16