MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	304% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '20 at 09:17
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 144 2-Core 267 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 789 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 197 Parallax 177 144% 183 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 181 Splatting 129 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1071 816 802 808 809 809 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,253 Write 2,481 Mixed 1,518 SusWrite 852 398% 1,776 MB/s	4K Read 71.5 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 98.7 335% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,477 DQ Write 1,116 DQ Mixed 1,245 945% 1,279 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 355%
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 154GB free Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 284 285 284 285 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 282 Mixed 266 SusWrite 284 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 40.7 156% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 184 166% 250 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 98%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 464GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 79 78 79 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 83.9 Write 77.9 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 77.4 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 59%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 163 164 165 165 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 120 Write 144 Mixed 105 SusWrite 162 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.8 408% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 27 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 30.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 104%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,116x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	114x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	38x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $1,267

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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