MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.9% 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	127% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	19.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 08:15
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 676 64% 530 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 84%

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: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 109 92% 113 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 393 413 419 430 431 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 463 Mixed 441 SusWrite 416 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 66 214% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 254 209% 297 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 128%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 178GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 168 183 116 176 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 471 Write 239 Mixed 194 SusWrite 154 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 21.8 123% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 29.7 60% 121 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 718GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 78.5 Write 71.5 Mixed 51 SusWrite 80 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 67%
JMicron Generic 500GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 225GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 22.2 Write 41 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 41.5 46% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.1 51% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 222%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 3x8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 94%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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