MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	250% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '22 at 18:37
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 595 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 198 Parallax 208 148% 196 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 194 Splatting 129 124% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 621 328 328 327 328 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,421 Write 1,393 Mixed 1,312 SusWrite 369 304% 1,374 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 83.8 287% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 884 DQ Mixed 993 728% 951 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 283 294 297 297 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 483 Mixed 417 SusWrite 301 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.6 212% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 104 104 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 103 71% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 30.6 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 26.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 105%

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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	1,134x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	306x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	259x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	116x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,063

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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