MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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.
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.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '23 at 22:20
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 232 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 524 57% 454 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 138 Parallax 131 108% 134 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 139 Splatting 116 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 412 Write 299 Mixed 159 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 18 91% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 111 94% 137 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 95%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 617GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 110 106 106 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 132 Write 127 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 108 71% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FBR2 4x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 23.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 108%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	23"	1920 1080	HWP3032 HP 23xi

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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	1,142x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	308x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	328x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	259x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	235x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	96x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $99Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,051

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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