MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	133% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 17:47
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 242 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 638 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 162 Parallax 179 118% 162 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 155 Splatting 108 120% 152 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Force MP300 960GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 691GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 655 766 634 550 518 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 577 Write 705 Mixed 510 SusWrite 624 136% 604 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 39 135% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 598 DQ Mixed 675 508% 681 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 185%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 183 196 183 193 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 130 Mixed 30 SusWrite 187 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 2 352% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 930GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 189 206 191 197 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 158 Mixed 30 SusWrite 194 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 369% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 106%

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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 $242Bench 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: $1,294

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) $30	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