MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.8% 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	222% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 18:53
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 508 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 91.8 Parallax 87 84% 94 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 86 Splatting 83.9 80% 101 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 656 525 432 360 331 325 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,810 Write 780 Mixed 510 SusWrite 438 194% 885 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 66.4 236% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1453 DQ Write 789 DQ Mixed 828 694% 1,023 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 292%
Liteonit LMT-128M3M 128GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free Firmware: VYJ4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 303 285 322 290 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 308 Mixed 274 SusWrite 263 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 39.5 144% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 184 163% 244 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 84%
Liteonit LMT-128M3M 128GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 76GB free Firmware: VYJ4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 309 324 328 310 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 325 Mixed 268 SusWrite 307 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 40.3 145% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 185 163% 243 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 84%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 123GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 380 388 242 242 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 473 Mixed 384 SusWrite 294 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 41.6 154% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 321 244% 328 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 80%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,120x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	301x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,051

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16