MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.7% 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	240% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 19:01
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 244 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 372 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 90% 109 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 99.6 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 620 325 326 317 321 322 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2434 Write 1,335 Mixed 1,314 SusWrite 372 301% 1,364 MB/s	4K Read 62 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 79.9 269% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 656 DQ Mixed 823 613% 820 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 280%
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 141GB free Firmware: Z2201000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 294 312 316 316 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 505 Write 318 Mixed 240 SusWrite 304 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 16.3 122% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 85.6 109% 191 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 84%
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB 1,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 592GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 400 445 458 459 457 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 471 Mixed 300 SusWrite 428 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.4 152% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 134 128% 193 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 103%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 389GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 134 140 135 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 83 Write 86.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 136 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 613GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 143 141 143 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 141 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.6% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 85%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	114x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,302

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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