MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	195% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '22 at 14:55
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 526 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8816) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 122 Parallax 129 114% 130 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 106 Splatting 87.2 89% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 540 522 553 525 383 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,106 Write 1,848 Mixed 1,249 SusWrite 464 264% 1,167 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 80.2 285% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 654 DQ Write 872 DQ Mixed 318 364% 614 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 267%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 43.8 MC Mixed 31.8 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 33.1 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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