MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	159% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	May 11 '24 at 16:17
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 705 70% 574 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% 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: 552.44 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 138 Parallax 126 105% 131 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 131 Splatting 115 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 320 319 315 316 313 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,566 Write 332 Mixed 351 SusWrite 318 139% 642 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 37.4 156% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 998 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 440 383% 589 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 236%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 53GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 145 141 143 144 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 414 Write 165 Mixed 211 SusWrite 141 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 43.2 159% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 173 136% 191 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 29GB free Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 59 41 49 26 98 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.9% Poor	Read 246 Write 98.1 Mixed 89.1 SusWrite 76.7 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 10.6 45% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.2 DQ Write 16.5 DQ Mixed 15.5 12% 15.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 85GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 106 164 132 172 150 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 140 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 142 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 28 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 27.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 97%

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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	52	25	60	27"	1280 720	PHLC17B PHL 276E9Q

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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