MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	36.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 22:17
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 713 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 124 109% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 39 23 26 28 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 288 Write 33 Mixed 204 SusWrite 31.6 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 6.8 60% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 21.9 50% 104 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 78%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 148GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 388 418 389 405 362 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 262 Write 308 Mixed 190 SusWrite 390 65% 288 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 18.3 82% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 212 166% 229 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 121%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 841GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 129 127 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 98 Write 130 Mixed 85 SusWrite 128 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.7 205% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 191 192 193 193 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 176 Mixed 84 SusWrite 191 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 107%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,115x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 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 $76Bench 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