MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.3% 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	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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 06 '21 at 11:20
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 275 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 597 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 110 82% 107 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 96 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 54 57 59 42 58 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 431 Mixed 328 SusWrite 76.7 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 54.3 183% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 324 253% 349 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 159 159 159 157 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 164 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 158 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 541GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 194 196 196 194 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 204 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 192 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 399GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 201 201 200 200 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 209 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 201 131% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 191GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 40 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 32.2 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 41.7 48% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 53% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZR 029E CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 029E CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 30.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 103%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,128x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	306x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	323x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
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: $1,072

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16