MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	134% 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	102% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161114
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 05:43
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 422 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 405B) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 176 Parallax 170 154% 178 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 143 Splatting 122 120% 151 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 286 63 53 53 51 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 450 Mixed 325 SusWrite 138 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 55.3 190% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 336 257% 350 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 123%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 128GB free Firmware: JP4OA41B SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 125 127 122 125 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 123 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 76%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 14GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 62 63 57 61 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 63.9 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 60.5 42% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 66%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 181GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 97 103 104 104 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 99.5 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 99.9 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.8 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 110%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

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: $1,294

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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