MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	317% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	14.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 05:44
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 248 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 501 62% 470 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 134 110% 139 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 122 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 231GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 295 294 297 298 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 484 Mixed 389 SusWrite 315 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64.1 220% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 694GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1923 1706 1715 1720 1714 1714 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 1,749 Write 2,077 Mixed 1,711 SusWrite 1,749 412% 1,822 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 72.3 256% 96.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,527 DQ Write 1,232 DQ Mixed 1,373 1,030% 1,377 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 347%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 386GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 76 82 81 74 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 58.6 Write 41.7 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 76.2 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 30.2 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 105%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,116x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	114x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $1,267

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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